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Re: CO statutues and the VotePAD

Hi All,
this info did not come from me; John G. and I have only discussed (mainly by e-mail) the demo of machines that he did not notify me about after saying he would. . 
Joel
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Mcgrath" <mcgrath_mcnally@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:43 PM
Subject: RE: CO statutues and the VotePAD



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

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