Comment by Nancy S. Murphy (Voter)

It is very important that we be able to rely on the accuracy of our voting machines. The only reliable way to be able to do a recount is with paper that the voter has actually seen, not something that is produced by the software that may have been the problem in the first place. We need a means of reording and recovering voter intent that does not depend on the reliability of software. Americans have lost faith in the reliability of the voting process because of known errors in numerous recent elections. To encourage voter participation and to restore faith in the democratic process itself, it is crucial that voting systems be considered reliable.