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

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Audit Trail
Definition :  
Comment :  Audit Trail: Recorded information that allows election officials to view the steps that occurred on the equipment included in an election to verify or reconstruct the steps followed without compromising the ballot or voter secrecy.  
Association: voting, security  
Source: no attribution  

There is no reason to assume that election officials are the ones doing the auditing.