VOTER VERIFIED PAPER AUDIT TRAIL

VOTER VERIFIED PAPER AUDIT TRAIL Pilot Project Summary Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SB500 2006 Georgia Accuracy in Elections Act Office of the Secretary of State Elections Division April 2007 ƒƒƒƒƒƒIntroduction Senate Bill 500, “The 2006 Georgia Accuracy in Elections Act,” was enacted by the Georgia General Assembly in March 2006, and signed into law by Governor Sonny Perdue in April 2006. The purpose of SB500 was to set parameters for a pilot program to evaluate the use and subsequent audit feasibility of a voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) to be used in conjunction with touch screen voting machines. The legislation stipulated that one specific precinct in the counties of Bibb, Camden and Cobb would serve as the pilot precincts and set specific machine requirements. In addition, the legislation required that the pilot evaluations be conducted during the November 7, 2006, General Election and the December 5, 2006, Runoff Election. The legislation further specified that: Voting machines used in the pilot program must be of the same general type from the same vendor or manufacturer as the direct-recording electronic (DRE) machines currently used in Georgia. Voters have the opportunity to review a permanent paper record before casting his or her vote on the touch screen voting machine. Voters have the ability to change his or her vote on the touch screen after review of the paper record prior to actually ...