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		cwalv 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwor... The machine prints a paper record at the same time. Couldn't they just read off the paper record as easily as recounting paper ballots?

dragonwriter 10 months ago [–]

The voter-verified paper record for use in audit (including recount) purposes has been a federal law requirement in effect since January 1, 2006, for voting machines (adopted under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.)

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