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Name :   Cristina Vidal
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/30/2005

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Section :  6.8
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Comment :  Dear U.S. Election Assistance Commission Members,  

My brief input.  

What should be required:  
1. Having all electronic voting machines output a paper ballots, that can  
then be counted if there is any need for a recount  
2. Voting machine code should be not be proprietary. The idea of hiding  
programming code opens the possibility of tampering with the results, and  
creates distrust.  

Why these two points should be required:  
1. Every vote must count.  
2. If Americans do not have confidence that their vote will not be counted, and a staggering amount have this belief, they will not bother to  
vote.  

An American's vote should be unassailable and the right upheld as sacred.