vvpat by kristen duarte & jessica hawkins. what is vvpat? an add-on to electronic voting...
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WHAT IS VVPAT?
An add-on to electronic voting machines that allows voters to get a printed version of their ballot.
Like a printed receipt
COMMON PROBLEMS
Increases the cost of electronic voting systems• Not an effective check on malfunction or fraud because most voters
aren’t required to look at it
Difficult to use because of the external hardware Hiring technicians Educating voters and poll-workers
SECURITY PROBLEMS
Malicious software code can be put into the VVPAT to misrecord the voters’ selections
The printer could invalidate a new ballot once the voter leaves and print a new fraudulent ballot
VVPAT can print when the voter isn’t observing the paper trail “Ballot stuffing” Hard to differentiate between fraudulent and real ballots
PRIVACY CONCERNS
Ohio case in 2007
Disabled and blind voters are at a disadvantage because they are unable to identify their ballot on their own
COSTS
In Orange County, the cost of the VVPAT is $12,121,875 and the cost of the whole system including the voting machines and installation is $40,333,366.83.
In King County, New York the cost of the VVPAT is $660,000. This caused the county to spend $11.3 million on the election. This cost included the machine maintenance, manual recounts, and general election costs.