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Name :   Dan McCrea et al.
Organization :   Miami-Dade Election Reform Coalition
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  1.7.1
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Comment :  Below is a table with reference to where some of the points we have raised should be addressed in The Guidelines. It also raises additional questions and points. Because we’ve called on the EAC to broaden its scope, this table cannot be complete as numerous of our comments are not encompassed in the current draft.  

KEY  
Proc : Needs more procedure guideline  
BalAcct : Ballot Accounting issue  
EV : Early voting issue  
MacEth : Machine Ethics issue  
Sec : Security issue  

1.7.1
Sec

The guidelines require that the certified voting system software be deposited in a national software repository.  It is not clear how defect fixes and upgrades are to be handled both in the certification process and for software depository.