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Name :   Eugene Lee
Organization :   Asian Pacific American Legal Ctr. of So. CA
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  6
Page no. :  44
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Comment :  Comments on Volume I, Section 6, Security, Page 44

6.8.5.1.1 When the voter is responsible for depositing a paper record in the ballot box, the
accessible voting station shall maintain the privacy and anonymity of voters unable to
manually handle paper.

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6.8.5.2 The electronic and paper records shall be created and stored in ways that preserve
the privacy and anonymity of the voter.

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Discussion: This can be accomplished in various ways including shuffling the order of the records or other methods to separate the order of stored records.

6.8.5.3 The privacy and anonymity of voters whose paper records contain any of the alternative languages chosen for making ballot selections shall be maintained.

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Discussion: One method for accomplishing this is to ensure that no less than, e.g., five voters use any of the alternative languages for their ballot selections.

+Another method is to print bilingual paper records for both English
proficient and limited English proficient voters.+

6.8.5.4 The voter shall not be able to leave the voting area with the paper record if the information on the paper record can directly reveal the voter’s choices.

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6.8.5.5 Unique identifiers shall not be displayed in a way that is easily memorable by the voter.

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