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Name :   Barbara Council
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  6.8
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Comment :  Dear EAC Commissioners:  

I support mandatory voter-verified paper ballots for all electronic voting machines. These provide a way for voters to verify that their vote was recorded correctly and provides a paper backup if the machine should crash or a recount is needed.  

On January 18, 2005 Professor Ron Rivest introduced a resolution (#13-05) to require voter-verified paper trails at the TGDC meeting. That  
resolution was voted down, by members of the committee who know less about  
computer security than the person who introduced the measure.  

I urge the EAC to reinstate the recommendation in resolution #13-05 and require the essential safeguard of voter-verified paper records.  

I further urge you:  
-to reject wireless capability of any kind in our voting systems;  
-to adopt Resolution #17-05 for more stringent testing of voting systems  
for security; and  

Thank you for your consideration.