Testimony opposing of Vermont’s Misc. Elections Bill 25-0242 regarding electronic ballot return

Download PDF March 11, 2025  Committee on Government Operations & Military Affairs  Vermont House of Representatives  115 State Street  Montpelier, VT 05633-5301  via email  Dear Chair Birong and Committee Members,  On behalf of Verified Voting, I write in opposition to the electronic ballot return provisions included in the miscellaneous elections bill 25-0242. Since our founding…

Risk-Limiting Audit (RLA) Messaging Guide for Election Officials

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Coalition testimony to the RI Board of Elections on their proposed regulations

Download PDF May 7, 2024  Common Cause Rhode Island  245 Waterman Street, Suite 400A  Providence, RI 02906  Verified Voting  1500 Chestnut Street, #2320  Philadelphia, PA 19102  Patricia Chatelle  Rhode Island Board of Elections  2000 Plainfield Pike  Cranston, RI 02921  Dear Ms. Chatelle:  On September 26, 2023, Common Cause Rhode Island and Verified Voting respectfully submitted…

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Audits: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Audits: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Mark Lindeman, Acting Co-Director I’m finally back at my desk after completing a forensic audit of Windham, New Hampshire’s voting machines used to tabulate the votes in the 2020 election. I and my collaborators – also nonpartisan auditing experts – concluded that there was no evidence of tampering in the election results. We’ll…

Voting Equipment Database – Vote-PAD Ballot Marking System

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Voting Equipment Database – UniLect Patriot (and Patriot Marksense Scanner)

The UniLect Patriot is a multilingual electronic voting system on which the voter presses on-screen to indicate their preference. Election officials program ballot information at a central location, load election data into an “InfoPack” which is then inserted into a Precinct Control Unit. Individual terminals are connected together into the PCU to receive ballot data. Patriot voting devices, include a standard punch card type voting booth that folds up into an attached case.

Voting Equipment Database – Microvote MV-464

The Microvote MV-464 represents an older generation of direct recording electronic voting machines that uses push-buttons adjacent to each ballot item to cast votes, with a light by each button giving positive feedback that the vote has been registered. The ballot issues are printed on a paper ballot label that is protected behind a window between the rows of buttons, and the machine itself opens up and assembles into a voting booth, just as the classic lever machines did – the side privacy panels of the machine in the photo were folded into the lid at the time, in order to allow greater visibility during a demonstration of the machine.