Comment by Nedda Allbray (Academic)

Voting and having ones vote is the core value of our American citizenship. As citizens we must have absolute confidence that our vote counts and that it was not corrupted in the process. Computer software can inadvertently make errors in our vote count and it can be deliberately manipulated and corrupted to bring about a particular outcome. Therefore it is essential to the integrity of the voting process that all forms of computer based voting have a paper backup system. Each voter to verify their vote on a paper backup system and that paper backup should be available for all necessary recounts. Without it citizens will lose trust in our government.