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Name :   Eugene Lee
Organization :   Asian Pacific American Legal Ctr. of So. CA
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  6
Page no. :  40, 41
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Comment :  Comments on Volume I, Section 6, Security, Pages 40 to 41
Discussion: Other markings may include designations of the precinct and the election, +but does not include notice of overvotes or undervotes.+

6.8.3.5 If the normal voting procedure includes VVPAT, the accessible voting station should provide features that enable voters who are blind to perform this verification.

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Discussion: This requirement is repeated from Section 2.2.7 and included here for emphasis. This requirement will be mandatory in future versions.

6.8.4 Approve or Spoil the Paper Record

6.8.4.1 The voting station shall allow the voter to approve or spoil the paper record.

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Discussion: The voting station cannot create an electronic record without its
corresponding paper record. It requires that the voting station mark the electronic record as accepted or spoiled in the voter's presence, and if
spoiled, the corresponding electronic record be marked as spoiled and be
preserved. It requires that the voting station display a warning message
when a spoil limit is reached.

6.8.4.2 The voting station shall, in the presence of the voter, mark the paper record as being accepted by the voter or spoiled.

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Discussion: If a paper record is marked as spoiled, then the corresponding electronic
record is presented to the voter for update.