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Name :   Carol Coggins
Organization :   Systest
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  6.8.6.2
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Comment :  Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (Optional)

Imprecise

• 6.8.6.2: All cryptographic software in the voting system should be approved by the U.S. Government's Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP), as applicable. This requirement is too broad. It needs to specify what exceptions are acceptable or alternative requirements.  

[Statements submitted at EAC public hearing, June 30, 2005, New York]