Comment by Patricia Peckham (General Public)

All computer systems are subject to subtle errors. Moreover, computer systems can malfunction or be deliberately corrupted at any stage of their design, manufacture, and use. The methods used to do this can be extremely difficult to foresee and detect. Therefore, it is crucial to the integrity of elections that voting systems provide a means of recording and recovering voter intent that does not depend on the reliability of software. We, the voters, must be able to have confidence in the voting system. Our democracy depends on this. Thank you.