----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday,
February 14, 2003 11:59 AM
Subject: RE: Ballot
Receipt Printer NOW required in California
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