New Voting Machines and a New System for Recording and Counting Votes

Date Study Completed

1/1995 amended 8/2001

Name of Submitting League

LWV of Rhode Island

Title of Study

New Voting Machines and a New System for Recording and Counting Votes

Summary of Study (limit 500 characters)

It is essential that any equipment, systems, and procedures used for voting in RI guarantee the integrity of the voting process and vote totals. The basic criteria for selection and maintenance of the voting equipment and for procedures on the use of the new voting system must include:

• Security of the vote, including protection against fraud and other data loss.

• Privacy of the vote.

• Orderliness of voting.

• Accuracy of vote recording and summation. Rhode Island should adopt formalized written procedures for

• A new absentee ballot system, integrated with the polling place system.

• A new computerized roll-up of vote totals from polling places (to sum the statewide and local votes).

• Cost analysis, including hardware, software, personnel, ballots, maintenance, etc.

League or Contact Email Address

hucourage@hotmail.com