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
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