Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail
Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail: In DRE systems, a paper document containing evidence of a voter’s contest selections that they can check before officially…
Also known as: VVPAT
Definition
In DRE systems, a paper document containing evidence of a voter’s contest selections that they can check before officially casting the ballot.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
DRE voting system containing VVPAT capability. See also, Direct Record Electronic Voting System and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail.
- Definition 3
(1) Human-readable printed record of all of a voter’s selections presented to the voter before the vote is cast. (2) Printed version of the ballot that voters may view and check for accuracy before their votes are cast. See also Voter Verified Record or Voter Verified Paper Trail.
- Definition 4
See Voter Verified Audit Record.
- Definition 5
Paper printout of votes cast, produced by direct response electronic (DRE) voting machines, which election officials may use to cross-check electronically tabulated totals.
- Definition 6
A paper document that the voter can review before officially casting their ballot.
- Definition 7
Contemporaneous paper-based printout of voter choices on a DRE.
- Definition 8
(VVPAT) In DRE systems, a paper document containing evidence of a voter’s contest selections that they can check before officially casting the ballot.
- Definition 9
Voter-verified PAPER TRAIL. Abbreviated VVPAT. A “contemporaneous paper record of a ballot prin ted for the voter to confirm his or her votes before the voter casts his or her ballot that: (A) Allows the voter to verify the voter-verifie d paper audit trail before the casting of the voter's ballot; (B) Is not retained by the voter; (C) Does not contain individual voter information; (D) Is produced on paper that is sturdy, clean, and resistant to degradation; and (E) Is readable in a manner that makes the voter's ballot choices obvious to the voter without the use of computer or electronic code.” Ark. Code §7-1-101(26). VVPATs differ widely based on how the paper r ecord is created, exposed to the voter and stored. The paper may be fed reel-to-reel (also referred to as