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Name :   Alfie Charles
Organization :   Sequoia Voting Systems
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  6.8.3.5
Page no. :  41
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Comment :  Volume I Section 6, Page 41, Section 6.8.3.5

Current vvpat systems ensure that voters who are blind have the opportunity to verify their ballots through an audio read-back of all the selections they have made.  These voters are protected in the same manner as sighted voters through the machine’s production and retention of a paper record that reflects the entirety of their selections.
Does this requirement anticipate an additional review features in the future?  If so, presumably the enactment of a future requirement would take into account both the future availability of technology to address an additional level of verification as well as provide assurances that such a feature would retain the independence and privacy afforded to blind voters in the current deployment of vvpat functionality.