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Name :   Scott Hunsaker
Organization :   Hart Intercivic
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  6.8.4.1
Page no. :  41
Line no.:  
Comment :  56
Comment:
"…if spoiled, the
corresponding electronic
record be marked as spoiled
and preserved."

Recommended change:
recommend changing this
requirement to "…create an
audit trail for spoiled ballots."

Rationale:
This means that we would have
to store the contents of the
spoiled (rejected) ballot, rather
than just make an audit entry of
the spoil event as we currently
are doing. This is burdensome
and impact the maximum size
of an election that can be
conducted due to storage
limitations
Because they are not the
official record or voters choice,
an audit record is sufficient.