What happens if the power or a UPS does fail?
The printed paper ballot is the core record created and used in the Open Voting system. Paper ballots are not affected by power failures. Should there be a power failure (or machine failure) during the voting, any yet-unprinted ballot will not be printed; the voter will have to wait until power is restored and once again make all of his or her choices. Any partially printed ballots are considered spoiled. Unlike a current electronic voting machine (DRE), a power failure in the Open Voting system introduces no ambiguity into the ballots. There are no hidden electronic counters that may or may not have been incremented as the power went out, and the voter can inspect the paper ballot before casting it into the ballot box.
