RE: Next Steps: December

["Paul Tiger" <tigerp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If we have to choose the lesser of 4 evils, all Avante has to do is add a
barcode to their printed receipt to be the best systems currently under
consideration.
[|>] Avante already has a barcode printed on the ballot that it prints. It
is printing a ballot. They've never called it a 'receipt', nor intended it
to be one. It is a ballot, and it has a 2D barcode at the top. --pt
However to use them in a Colorado election, the election
law will have to be modified under the recount section to allow for a paper
ballot recount also any electronic system for tallying votes should be
randomly checked for accuracy.
[|>] checking for accuracy by comparing the paper to the electronics is not
at issue. Which methods are used for recounts are. That has to be
changed. --pt


Which vendors are most likely to disclose source code?  AVANTE will submit
their code to a third party for verification and testing.
[|>] One wonders if they would allow the clerk and the clerk's IT staff to
look at the code? Or perhaps a bonded agent of the clerk?
[|>] Anyone interested in starting a non-profit for reviewing code?
Paul Tiger