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Name :   Robert Kibrick
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/27/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Paper Record
Definition :  
Comment :  Paper Record: Paper ballot image or summary that is a copy of the electronic record and that is verifiable by a voter. See also ballot image.
Association: voting, security
Source: no attribution

This definition is inconsistent with definition of ballot image, which is not voter-verified. Assuming voter verification is not necessarily consistent with usage of this term. Further, this is another example of a general term whose meaning is being skewed towards a specific technology. A marksense paper ballot is also a paper record, but not according to the above definition.