This is not good.
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Details of The Federal Voting Assistance Program Recommendations*
FVAP <
http://www.fvap.gov/> recommendations are in this letter <
http://www.ncvoter.net/downloads/FVAP_2010_Initiatives_North_Carolina.pdf> dated Oct 7. See excerpts below, and note that a long term goal is to transmit voted ballots /electronically/ :
*Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) letter to North Carolina
State Board of Elections, dated October 7, 2009*
Given our new focus, FVAP is realigning in Legislative Initiative
recommendations to the States. The enclosed initiatives focus on
sending ballots to voters at least 45 days before the election. FVAP
also recommends the expanded use of email and online retransmission
for all election materials throughout the entire absentee voting
process, replacing fax and postal mail where possible. *Until secure
electronic transmission of voted ballots has been established, we
recommend that States allow voters to return static copies of voted
ballots through available electronic means.* However, the decision
to send a voted ballot by unsecure electronic means must rest with
the individual voter based on the voter's desire to cast his or her
vote electronically or to ensure the secrecy of their ballot.
Email and online capabilities are widely available to Uniformed
Service members and overseas citizens, vastly eclipsing the
usefulness of faxing. After a September 2008 visit to military bases
in the Middle East, Asia and Europe, a delegation of six State Chief
Election Officials reported that "the system of delivering ballots
and returning them by mail is archaic compared to the pace of modern
military operations" and "...reliance on fax machines to speed the
voting process....is largely unworkable for deployed troops." The
delegation also reported that individual service members and
overseas citizens confirmed that in overseas locales fax
capabilities were not readily available and "indicated a strong
preference for, and almost universal access to, email or internet
based voting procedures."
read more at this link
http://ncvoters.blogspot.com/2009/10/fvap-recommends-4-changes-to-nc-law-to.html
The FVAP full letter at this link (pdf)
http://www.ncvoter.net/downloads/FVAP_2010_Initiatives_North_Carolina.pdf
Joyce McCloy
www.ncvoter.net 336-794-1240