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Name :   Carol Julian
Organization :   KSU
Post Date :   9/12/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)
Definition :  
Comment :  Current: See Voter Verified Audit Record.  

Change:
A physical paper printout on which the voter's ballot choices, as registered by a direct recording electronic voting machine, are recorded. The voter should be permitted to visually or audibly inspect the contents of the physical paper printout.

Nature of Change: Define term

Note: The word should was substituted for shall.

Source:  http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_262