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| | Name : | Sanford Morganstein | Organization : | Populex Corporation | Post Date : | 8/26/2005 |
| Section : | 6.8.6.10.3 | Page no. : | 50 | Line no.: | 10 | Comment : | Discussion:
We believe we understand the intent of this requirement, but as drafted, this
requirement places undesirable constraints on a paper trail. For example, if the
paper trail bar code contains an Error Correcting Code (ECC) desirable to ensure
that the ballot can be read or recovered, this requirement will prohibit such a
desirable characteristic. Perhaps even more fundamental to the technology used
in bar codes, are stop and start characters that, according to a strict construction of this requirement, would also be prohibited. Finally, it is entirely plausible and
desirable, that the bar code contain field identifiers that are used to provide an
unambiguous parsing of the bar code. We are not sure what this requirement is
intended to protect. If anonymity is being protected here, we suggest replacement
by the following:
“The barcode shall not contain any information that can be used to provide the
voter’s identity.” | |
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