Voter-verifiable and Auditable Paper Trail

Definition

A “paper record of the voter's choices, viewable prior to casting the ballot, which may be the paper ballot itself; the paper trail shall be used by the state or its contractor to check either the veracity of a machine count or the count itself, or may be used in a recount proceeding, and in case of a discrepancy, the voter verifiable and aud itable paper trail shall be considered the true and correct record of the voter's choices.” N. M. Stat. Ann. §1-9-7.1(C)(2). Cf. VOTER- VERIFIED PAPER AUDIT TRAIL.