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

[Mary Eberle <m.eberle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

I'm going to forward this msg to David Bolin <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, the 
head of the Center for People with Disabilities, who was at the 
commissioners' hearing last week and who came to at least the third 
RFPET meeting if not later ones also.

Mary

Joe Pezzillo wrote:
> 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."
>
>
>
>
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