Reply #13: two more things

[OnTheOtherHand]

(1) Here is an EAC advisory from last September on the meaning of the "manual audit" requirement and why lever machines don't seem to meet it -- http://www.eac.gov/docs/EAC%20Advisory%2005-005.pdf . Note that this advisory came after the story you linked to. However, an EAC advisory won't necessarily hold up in court. (I am not a lawyer!)

(2) I don't think the state compared disabled and non-disabled voters -- it argued that there shouldn't be a different system for federal and state/local elections, one that would require all voters to vote twice. Whether there should be a separate method for disabled vs. non-disabled voters is an interesting issue, but I'm not sure it came up in this context.