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Name :   David Mertz, et al.
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/27/2005

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Glossary Term :  Privacy
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Comment :  The degree of protection that a voting system provides a voter against attempts to learn how said voter voted. A voting system is said to provide perfect privacy if it is impossible to improve a guess of how a voter voted through information obtained through the election technology and poll place process/procedures. See also Anonymity.