I came across Dr. David Dill while reading some
of Paranoid Bev’s scribbling. Steve, I assume you have met this guy
since he appears to be involved with Santa
Clara. The key paragraph from his
manifesto reads:
- Touch screen machines that
print paper ballots. Such systems would have many of the
advantages of DRE machines, including potentially improved accessibility
for voters with disabilities. There is at least one such machine that is
certified in several states, and we hope that all vendors of existing DRE
machines could provide an option to add ballot printers (DRE voting
machines in Brazil have been retrofitted with ballot printers, for
example). The paper ballots must be submitted by the voters, to be
available for counting or recounting and to avoid vote-selling. The votes
on the paper ballots must be regarded as the definitive legal votes,
taking precedence over electronic records or counts.
This doesn’t tell us much about how
exactly he envisions the system working though.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@dieboldes.com
[mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com] On
Behalf Of Green, Pat
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003
4:46 AM
To: 'support@dieboldes.com'
Subject: RE: Ballot Receipt
Printer NOW required in California
Steve,
Thanks for the heads up. We
have had quite a few discussions about how we would do this, but as you noted,
the solution will vary greatly depending on the answers to your questions
(Allowed to touch it? Allowed to see it? Required to see it?
Etc). Keep us informed and feel free to call me if you want to discuss
it.
Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Knecht [mailto:skglobal@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003
6:03 PM
To: support@dieboldes.com
Subject: Ballot Receipt Printer NOW
required in California
The new Secretary of State just announced that he
supports touch screen
vendors being required to print a
receipt. This has major implications for
our new unit. He is only
convening a task force at this point, so we don't
know the answers to questions like:
We don't know whether the voter would be allowed to
touch the receipt.
We dont' know whether the voter
will be allowed to see the receipt.
If voters know that a printed receipt is there, I
believe there will be
demand to see it. I am
suggesting that R7 development and design folks
begin having some discussions on
various scenarios of a printed ballot
receipt and how we could
"hide" the receipt from the voter if necessary or
keep them from touching if it comes
to that.
Clearly, we can't begin design on anything until we
know the parameters. On
the other hand, we will be asked
for input, and we should have some well
conceived input, vs. myself or
frank or deborah speaking for development.
Yes, another bad idea, brought to you by our elected
politicians.
SteveK