Problem (was: Re: need help with tool requirement)

[Mark Komarinski]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 10:07:44AM -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> 
> > What approach would provide sufficient assurance that the code
> > does not contain any "Easter eggs" or trap doors to allow
> > future egg-laying?
> 
> That's a tough question, but any solution that doesn't include a
> non-corruptible audit trail (paper) is flawed.

I'm not sure if this is MA wide (I forget what other towns did)
but my town has scantron-ish forms that you may remember from
the SAT.  Get the paper ballot, fill in the ovals with a marker,
run it through the scanner on the way out and the ballot goes
into a vault.  No idea if the scanner makes sure the ballot is
valid, given that I fill it out properly each time.  I think.

-Mark
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