WI: VotePad non-DRE, therefore, not subject to DRE requirements

["Joe Pezzillo" <jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx>]

FYI, how the elections people in Wisconsin see the VotePAD:

http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=5872&locid=47

"Vote-PAD is a paper-based tactile ballot marking that can be used  
with optical scan ballot readers.  The ballot is
placed into a sleeve that aligns the ovals or arrows to be marked.   
The system can provide Braille or audio
instructions, and the voter uses a light-sensing wand to review his  
or her ballot.  As a non-electronic voting
system, Vote-PAD is not required to be qualified to the federal  
Voluntary Voting System Standards, but mock
elections and a public demonstration were conducted during January  
2006.  The Vote-PAD was approved for
use in municipalities that hand-count paper ballots by the Elections  
Board on January 18, 2006."