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Name :   John S. Groh
Organization :   Election Systems & Software
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  6.8.6.6.4
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Comment :  "… vendor shall provide a software program that will display the exported records and that may include other capabilities …"

Comment:

I-6.8.6.6.4 requires the vendor to provide a program that displays the information in the exported electronic vote records.  (At least part of) The purpose of those records, which are required to be in a public/non-proprietary format, is to allow independent 3rd party evaluation of the information using COTS or other 3rd party software.  Having the vendor provide the program defeats this purpose.