A suggestion from John Gideon @ voters unite.

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Damn all this stuff is hard to keep up with, I'm feeling overwhelmed.

There must be no undisclosed voting system software. However, HR 811's
proposed HAVA Section 301(a)(9), as currently written, fails to exempt
software that is truly Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) from public
disclosure. The bill must be amended to require true COTS software, such
as the Windows operating system and standard printer drivers, to be
escrowed and available to officials under confidentiality, but not
publicly disclosed. // Connecting voting system components to the
Internet or transmitting system information over the Internet
facilitates hacking. However, HR 811's proposed HAVA Section 301(a)(11),
as currently written, would allow the central Election Management System
(EMS) computer of a voting system to be connected to the Internet. The
EMS computer of a voting system is arguably the component most critical
to protect from Internet connection. The bill must be amended to ban all
Internet connections for all components of a voting system. In addition,
the bill should include a ban on the Internet transmission of voted
overseas ballots referenced in HR 811's proposed HAVA Section 301(a)(2)(C).