Re: [OVC-discuss] Bar CodesArthur,
> Alan, that's not why barcodes are used on a VVPAT. If they
> are used at all, it is to do a computerized recount, and avoid
> the manual recount for which the VVPAT was intended.
>
Doug was responding to Ed Kennedy, who was talking specifically about "our
proposal," which is a ballot printer.
> Please separate out the notion of a VVPAT for a DRE and the
> ballot printing architecture. Since they are neatly printed,
> ballot printers could use OCR.
>
Yes, I think Doug was using the term, "voter verifiable paper audit trail,"
in a broader sense -- at least that how I interpreted it.
Anyway, I always enjoy it when the subject of barcodes comes up!
I like 'em.
Alan D.
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