"At Convention 2006, delegates further clarified this position with a resolution stating that the Citizen's Right to Vote be interpreted to affirm that LWVUS supports only voting systems that are designed so that:
they employ a voter-verifiable paper ballot or other paper record, said paper being the official record of the voter's intent; and
the voter can verify, either by eye or with the aid of suitable devices for those whose have impaired vision, that the paper ballot/record accurately reflects his or her intent; and
such verification takes place while the voter is still in the process of voting; and
the paper ballot/record is used for audits and recounts; and
the vote totals can be verified by an independent hand count of the paper ballot/records; and
routine audits of the paper ballot/record in randomly selected precincts can be conducted in every election, and the results published by the jurisdiction.
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- League of Women Voters of the Untied States, Impact on Issues: 2008-2010 A Guide to Public Policy Positions, page 12.
Nobody, and no machine, should be counting votes in secret.
For further information, email Jim Soper at :
JimSoper2@yahoo.com
CountedAsCast.com/issues/lwv4paperrecords.php
July 9, 11
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