Indiana Election System

[Bernie Hoefer]

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Ben Racher wrote:
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> From what I understand of the machine the OVF is recommending, you 
> make your vote on an electronic device, but it prints out a paper
> ballot that you can see, and then the user gets a receipt of their
> vote.
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     There has been a lot of confusion in the debate about electronic
voting in regards to "receipts".  It is very important that the voting
machine *not* produce something that the voter can take with him/her.
(I.e. a "receipt".)  If they did, then 3rd parties could either pay or
strong-arm voters into voting a certain way and the receipt from the
voting machine would be the proof that the voter did as instructed.
     Instead of saying the voting machines prints out a receipt
(implying the voter takes it with them), one should instead say the
machine prints out a physical record of the voter's choices that the
voter has a chance to review.  This record stays at the voting precinct
and is only consulted to check the machine's accuracy or extenuating
circumstances.

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