Comment by Katherine Forrest, MD (Advocacy Group)

The Commonweal Institute, the organization of which I am president, has been involved with election security issues for over five years at the local, state, and Federal levels. Based on our knowledge and practical experience, I believe it is critically important to have every vote represented in an independent, durable, voter-verifiable form independent of electronic devices. I urge you to include software independence in the EAC guidelines for voting technology.