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Name :   Jacques Hulshof
Organization :   NEDAP
Post Date :   9/29/2005

Section Comments
Section :  2.2.7
Page no. :  2-28
Line no.:  7
Comment :  5.2 If a voting station provides sound cues as a method to alert the voter, the tone shall be accompanied by a visual cue. and then further under:
"Discussion: For instance, the station might beep if the voter attempts to overvote."

This is in contradiction with Section 2.2.7, 1.3, page 2-43:
1.3 As mandated by HAVA 301 (a)(1)(C), the voting system shall notify the voter of an attempted overvote in a way that preserves the privacy of the voter and the confidentiality of the ballot.

A beep can be heard by everybody so no confidentiality, unless the tone is only heard through the headphones.