The public comment period is ending on draft voting system guidelines which will govern how voting systems are configured and evaluated in the US. It expires TODAY, FRIDAY September 30.
Take this opportunity to tell the Election Assistance Commission: Voter-verified paper records should be mandatory for all voting systems.
All elections must be audited for accuracy; but unless that audit uses a voter-verified paper record to check the machines are functioning correctly, it's not a legitimate audit. No electronic record can meet that standard, nor any reprint unseen by the voter. The EAC has the authority to define the manual audit trail: it must be a voter-verified paper record.
Other important recommendations:
1. No wireless networking (or wireless capability of any kind) in any voting system
2. Clarify terms: voter-verified paper audit trails are not the same as voter-verified paper ballots, and standards written for one may not apply to the other.
3. Certification must be tougher for security. Adopt Resolution #17-05 for more stringent testing of voting systems.
4. Allow interoperability - voting systems from different vendors should be able to work together more freely, saving costs.
Click on the link (in the title) above to send a letter to the EAC Commissioners.
[For more info on these recommendations, see http://www.verifiedvoting.org/downloads/EAC%20Guidelines%20Notes.pdf ]
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