Reply #107: Thanks, Steven, that statement is clear enough for me. [View All]

[eomer]

Particularly this part:

In general, it is clear that DRE voting systems require an external verification and audit mechanism. External verification helps mitigate certain kinds of security threats to an electronic system. It is also clear that the current paper based system in use now exhibits a failure rate that is unacceptable.

Hence, we suggest that we move forward in the following ways. First, we need to quickly and dramatically improve the peformance of these paper based systems for the short and medium term. Second, we need to start a research project to begin development of a voter verification system that can be used in the long term.

There are probably some details we could hash out (paper trail vs. paper ballot, etc.) but as a statement of general principle I'd say you've got it right so I'm in favor of leaving it at that.

Thanks for the clarification. Since now we know that a PM is an effective way to alert you to a discussion, I for one will use it in the future.