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Name :   Sanford Morganstein
Organization :   Populex Corporation
Post Date :   8/26/2005

Glossary Comments
Glossary Term :  Voter Verification
Definition :  
Comment :  We believe the intent of this verification is not simply an identification of overvotes
or undervotes, but the intent is that the voter be provided with the contents of the
ballot as that ballot will be read by the voting system. We recommend that the
meaning of “verification” be provided in the VVSG and we encourage that meaning
to include the concept of determining how a ballot will be read.
In a system that provides for verification for all voters, including voters with
disabilities, this does not mean that the voter necessarily needs to be informed at the
moment of tabulation about what is contained on the ballot. Verification may be
performed at any time before the ballot is cast. But we do recommend that
substantially the same technology that will be used to tabulate the ballot be provided
to the voter to inform the voter what the machine view of the ballot contents are.