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Question:
If the Hart e-Slate is not "capable of producing a voter-verified paper record of each elector's vote", because it does not produce such a record for the blind (because the audio report is of the machine count, not the voter-verified paper record), then under Colorado law 1-5-801, is it not illegal to purchase such a machine?
Here is the law: "CRS 1-5-801. Acquisition of voting systems-voter-verified paper record. (1) On and after June 6, 2005, a political subdivision whall not acquire a voting system unless the voting system is capable of producing a voter-verified paper record of each elector's vote."
That would mean Boulder shouldn't make a lease-to-buy agreement with Hart. It also means the other forty some counties that wish to purchase Hart e-Slates in the state shouldn't do so either.
AND, wouldn't this apply to the other machines certified in Colorado: Diebold, Sequoia and ES&S? I don't think their machines provide the blind with voter-verified voting either.
Margit
Margit Johansson
303-442-1668/ margitjo@xxxxxxx
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