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Name :   Kathy Dopp
Organization :   National Election Data Archive
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  A1D
Page no. :  D-4
Line no.:  37 - 38
Comment :  RE: Appendix D (your comment form does not permit Section: Appendix D or Section: D-1 to be entered)

But if the total sum of ballots cannot be demonstrated to have been counted correctly, this encryption scheme does not solve the right problem. i.e. It does not ensure the accuracy of vote counts.  It would be trivial to verify that all voters' ballots were included, and still count them incorrectly.