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1 Securing the Nation's Voting Machines: A Toolkit for Advocates and Election Officials 1 (2018)

handle is hein.brennan/snvtmt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BRENNAN CENTER *b'ici 4j'e FOR JUSTICE Cno n virdVOting Securing the Nation's Voting Machines A Toolkit for Adv ocates and Election Officials On March 23, 2018, Congress approved $380 million to improve the administration of elections for Federal office, including to enhance election technology and make election security improvements. These funds are available to states immediately. While states will have flexibility in how they use this money, Congress has emiphasized the importance of having a voter-verified paper record of every vote. In a imt(o accompanying the appropriations, Congress also recommended those paper records be used to conduct post-election audits, ensuring voting machines have produced an accurate result. This toolkit, created jointly by the Brennan Center for Justice, Comn Cause, the Naional Election Defense Coalition, and N eried \oting, is meant as a roadmap for advocates and election officials nationwide as local jurisdictions consider purchasing new voting machines. It also suggests best practices for conducting post-election audits. Purchasing New Machines Which voting machines should be replaced immediately? Any voting equipment that does not use a paper ballot marked by the voter, either manually or with a ballot marking device, should be replaced immediately. These machines do not retain a paper ballot for recounts and audits, meaning that there may be little or no recourse for an accurate recount if any errors occur. Over the past decade, many states have replaced direct-recording electronic machines (DREs) - voting equipment that records directly into computer memory with voting systems that use voter-marked paper ballots. Voting equipment that produces a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is better than equipment that only records votes in computer memory. However, VVPATs recorded on continuous rolls of thermal paper are difficult and costly to audit, and voters are much less likely to verify their votes on such machines. 1

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