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Federal and state legislation and regulation

States have debated and in some instances enacted legislation and regulations aimed at increasing access to election system source code.There have also been movements to obviate the need for increased transparency, such as the move to require voter-verified paper records (VVPRs). At the time of writing, there are currently 27 states that have enacted legislation requiring Direct-Recording Electronic voting machines to produce a Voter Verified Paper Record to provide an independent check on the voting system's recording functions. See VerifiedVoting.org's Legislation Tracking page: https://verifiedvoting.org/article.php?list=type&type=13. In addition, there are a number of Federal bills relevant to source code access.



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Joseph Hall 2006-06-14