HB9 – Electronic recording voting systems; permanent paper record; require
HB9 – Electronic recording voting systems; permanent paper record; require
Sponsored by: Bearden,Timothy 68th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 9 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electronic recording voting systems, so as to require all electronic recording voting systems to produce a permanent paper record of the ballots cast on such systems for each voter; to provide that voters have an opportunity to verify such record after voting; to provide that such paper records be retained for use in recounts and election challenge proceedings; to provide for use of certain printers attached or connected to direct recording electronic voting equipment; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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January 10th, 2007 at 11:15 am
About time. I like electronic voting, but an audit trail is a must. A lot of challenges are for ‘undervotes’ where the number of votes in a particular race are less than the number of ballots. I bypass uncontested elections (that ought to tell us something in itself), and in a race where none of the candidates appeals to my beliefs I’ll do the same. An undervote is really a vote for ‘none of the above’, and is legitimate.
Regarding the audit trail, each should also have a digital hash of the votes and other information (voterID, name, voting booth, date/time etc). This can be used to verify that the printed votes/information matches the voters intent (per their review of the paper ballot) and to prevent ballot stuffing.