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# RE: voter claims they didn't vote

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- Subject: RE: voter claims they didn't vote
- From: "Don V" <don@gesn.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:47:59 -0500
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- In-reply-to: <PPECJKNKLDJLKJPKPPIOIEGODAAA.ken@gesn.com>

Would it be possible to put the election total of that machine on the card once the voter has voted it? That way if the card was not even programmed, a previous total would still be on the card.

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From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Ken Clark
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:33 PM
To: support@gesn.com
Subject: voter claims they didn't vote

I have thought about this issue a number of times in the past -- it came up again today at Virginia cert. What is the standard operating procedure if a voter comes back to the poll worker with their smart card and claims it isn't working? Well, we all know the answer to that: we burn them a new card. Problem is, the voter might be lying, and wants to vote again.

From a practical standpoint its this is really not a problem. I think everyone would agree this is a pretty ineffectual way to stuff a ballot box. I do worry a bit about having to explain this reasoning to John Stossel though.

The only practical suggestion I can think of is to timestamp the voter cards when the ballot is cast. Inserting a voted card would pop up a message saying that the card was voted and when. A poll worker would then know that the ballot was just cast.

For now I suspect we will continue to pretend the issue doesn't exist. It is worth thinking about though. Any other practical suggestions on how we might handle this are welcome.

Ken

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