RE: CO statutues and the VotePAD

["Robert Mcgrath" <mcgrath_mcnally@xxxxxxx>]

Margit,

Joel Leventhal told me that John Gardner stated the second rule disallowed 
any device that required a voter to hand-carry their ballot for deposit into 
a ballot box, since a mobility-impaired voter would not be able to do this 
unassisted.  That would rule out all use of paper under this interpretation, 
which I think is reading more into the law than it requires.


> From: Margitjo@xxxxxxx
> To: attendees@xxxxxxx, cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: CO statutues and the VotePAD
> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:24:35 EDT
>
> Hi All,
> According to the SOS's office, a couple of CO statutes won't allow the
> Vote-PAD.  Notice how Colorado law is stricter than HAVA on the first law 
> mentioned,
> ruling out alternatives to DREs.  I wonder who was behind that one, and 
> why!!
>  I'm not sure why the second law thwarts use of the VotePAD, but an 
> looking
> into it.
>
> 1    Colorado Revised Statutes Title 1, Article 5, Section 705, Paragraph 
> 1,
> which reads:             "A voting system shall include at least one direct
> recording electronic voting system specially equipped for individuals with
> disabilities."
> 2..    Colorado Revised Statutes Title 1, Article 5, Section 704, Paragraph
> 1, part N, which describes requirements for audio ballots as follows:
>   "After the initial instruction from an election official, the elector 
> shall
> be able to independently operate the voter interface device through the 
> final
> step of casting a ballot without assistance."
> Margit
> 303-442-1668/margitjo@xxxxxxx
>
> .