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requires that a voting system used in an election for Federal office "produce a permanent HAVA paper record with a manual audit capacity for such system."
Also known asmanual audit capability · audit capacity · manual auditing capacity · MAC
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requires that a voting system used in an election for Federal office "produce a permanent HAVA paper record with a manual audit capacity for such system."
Electronic Voting Glossary · 2024
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Manual Audit Capacity. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 15, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/manual-audit-capacity
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