Comment by Casey Reed (Voter)

Software Independence (SI) is essential in a world where errors to manipulations of software rendered totals of votes happens. There needs to be two independent systems. One has to be hand counted paper ballots, at least the top three races for president, congress, and governor. This hand count can be done with a separate ballot that is counted in the polls on election day. This count would become an instant audit of the election board and poll. The electronic count could be recounted at a later date, but having the hand count with a smaller separate ballot from the one scanned, as is done here in New Mexico, would facilitate two independent canvasses of the election. I do not think many realistic voters and computer literate people trust electronic election systems or the software. We need hand counted paper ballots on election day in the polls. Get it right on election day!