Comment by David T. Wellman (Voter)

I believe that the integrity of the individual vote is the most fundamental component of the foundation of our democratic system. This integrity must be safeguarded so that it is absolutely clear that every vote cast is counted as it was cast, and that no other changes to the vote count are possible. This means that manual verification of voting is essential. Reliance only on software is not acceptable, since software is vulnerable to unintentional malfunction, as well as to intentional and malicious abuse. Some system of voter verification and post-vote auditing is necessary to ensure not only the integrity of the vote, but also the confidence of citizens such as myself in that integrity.