VVPAT

Further, apropos of my story above, they've said that so-called VVPAT's do not work and should not be used with touch-screen systems!

Brad Friedman: NYTimes Editorial Gets it Right on FL-13...Except for the Paper 'Trails' Part 2008

If a single piece of paper is not readable, regardless of the reason, and the VVPAT is the official record of the ballot, the potential is high that the voter involved will not have his or her vote counted ...

New: Voting Machine Companies to Congress - ALL YOUR VOTES BELONG TO US 2007

DRE voting -- with or without the so-called "voter verifiable paper audit trail" VVPAT, that are created by some of these machines -- is strictly, 100% faith-based voting.

Brad Friedman: Oprah's Vote Lost & How You Can Fight to Assure It Doesn't Happen to You! Brad Friedman 2010

DRE voting -- with or without the so-called "voter verifiable paper audit trail" (VVPAT), that are created by some of these machines -- is strictly, 100% faith-based voting.

Brad Friedman: Oprah's Vote Lost & How You Can Fight to Assure It Doesn't Happen to You! 2010

Sequoia has not been able to meet the legislative deadlines, for a VVPAT printer, which have been moved a couple times.

'Daily Voting News' For January 9, 2009 2009

Two of those counts were filed to prevent the state from purchasing AccuVote TSX machines temporarily used in a 2006 audit trail pilot because, as the current Secretary's own 2007 Voter Verified Audit Trail report admitted: "the sequential printing of the VVPAT paper ballots does not guarantee voter anonymity as required by Georgia law".

VOTER GA CASE HISTORY AND STATUS 2009

MS: Starkville recount yields no change in Ward 2 election results LINK (Starkville uses the Diebold TSx with VVPAT)

'Daily Voting News' for June 05, 2009 2009

This lawsuit probably paid some large part in legislation that required voting machines used in the state to be outfitted with a VVPAT.

'Daily Voting News' For January 9, 2009 2009

Now, suddenly, the state has announced that they will require the Sequoia DREs being used in 18 counties to be refitted with VVPAT printers.

'Daily Voting News' For January 9, 2009 2009

Keep in mind that North Carolina's 20 touchscreen counties have the toilet paper ballot, the VVPAT does NOT print a summary but prints selections and deselections, and during early voting one machine may have 80-100 different ballot styles on it.

Instant Runoff Means Touch Screen Tricks in North Carolina 2008