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[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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I agree with much of what you've posted and there is certainly some 
confusion
about the concept of paper "receipts".

I don't believe that this is what the advocates of paper backups for
electronic systems are advocating, but they are partly to blame for 
allowing
this perception to get out.

Clearly, the notion of a paper ballot "receipt" is totally worthless.  
Besides
the potential for corruption, such "receipts" are of no use whatsoever 
to the
individual voter.  They are only useful to the community as a whole for
audits, recounts and verification.

The anti-e-voting forces would be better served by talking about paper 
audit
trails than paper receipts.

Better yet, the question should be asked - what was ever the problem 
with
optically scanned paper ballots?  In my opinion, this and not 
touchscreens
was the right answer to the problems with punchcard.

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