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| 1. | Name: | Matthew Damschroder | |||||||||
| 2. | Title: | Director of the Franklin County Board of Elections, Ohio | |||||||||
| 3. | Voting
Machines Position: |
Pro to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?" | |||||||||
| 4. | Reasoning: |
"Franklin County’s experience in 15th Ohio Congressional District recount, as well as the three other recounts conducted of the 2006 General Election and the three subsequent voluntary audits of the paper tapes to the electronic record conducted by the Board and the local newspaper, demonstrates the accuracy of electronic voting systems and the benefit of State and local control over election, audit, and recount definitions and procedures." ("Voting Machines' Audit" Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee, March 20, 2007) | |||||||||
| 5. | Credibility Ranking: |
ExpertsElection officials, people with post-graduate degrees in a computer or political science, J.D.s, Members of Congress, or elected officials with significant involvement in, or related to, electronic voting machine issues | |||||||||
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| 10. | Other: | None Listed | |||||||||
