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Name :   Conny B. McCormack
Organization :   County of Los Angeles
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  1.6
Page no. :  
Line no.:  21-26
Comment :  The VVSG also appears  
applicable regarding the discussion of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) devices, under which a telephone could be classified. Section 1.6, lines 21-26 states in part "some voting systems use COTS devices (such as card readers, printers, or personal computers) or software products.  
COTS devices and software are exempt from certain portions of the certification testing process  
as defined herein, as long as such products are not modified for use in a voting system."