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Name :   Ryan M. Ferris
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/30/2005

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Comment :  Suggestions for voting Independent Dual Verification Systems.

Vote By Mail
 
We had a vote by mail election counted by Sequioa Systems in Whatcom  
County: http://www.votepc.org/PrimaryResults/IndexElection.html  
Three Progressive Candidates mysteriously lost the
"non-conservative" boost in the exact same pattern despite running in three (mostly)separate races/districts. One did not. (http://www.votepc.org/PrimaryResults/IndexElection.html.).

This made me think about these reforms for Vote By Mail:
 
(1) Secure the physical path from voter to election officials
 
(2) Wait until all the ballots are in before counting them (This avoids
having ballots specifically frauded in response to the counting.)

(3) Randomize all the ballots before counting (This will apply eveness
to the vote count with regards to early and late voters.)

(4) Count the ballots in equal, random data sets ofprecinct size. (This
make statistical testing of normalcy easier and more accurate.)

(5) Perform statistical analysis on the ballots to assure "statistical
normalcy" (see below)
 
Vote By Mail Fraud through Agent Interception
 
Is there a document describing how our current VBM would not be subject
to the kind of mail fraud (e.g. "vote rigging factories") described in the
recent Birmingham, U.K. court case:
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4310965.stm  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4310965.stm  
 
What paper trail or audit trail exists from our mailbox to the scan readers?