Comment by Sam Brush (Voter)

To Whom it May Concern, I see no greater current threat to our democracy than the control of our voting systems by computer systems subject to subtle errors and manipulation. Moreover, computer systems can malfunction or be deliberateley corrupted at ANY stage of their design, manufacture, and use. The methods used to do this can be extremely difficult to foresee and detect. Based on the already abominable track record of computerized voting machines it is crucial to the integrity of our elections and more so to any legitimacy to our claim to DEMOCRACY that voting systems provide a means of recording and recovering voter intent that does not depend AT ALL on the reliability of software or the questionable moral integrity of the corporations operating these systems. PLEASE protect the integrity of our Democracy with transparent voting processes that provide an immediatley verifiable paper record of every vote caste. Sincerely, Samuel Brush Georgetown, Maine