The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) Section 301(a)2 
(PDF) 7.1KB addresses audit capacity and specifically discusses electronic voting machines. This section of the law stated:
(PDF) 7.1KB addresses audit capacity and specifically discusses electronic voting machines. This section of the law stated: “(A) In general – The voting system shall produce a record with an audit capacity for such system.
(B) Manual audit capacity –
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- (i) The voting system shall produce a permanent paper record with a manual audit capacity for such system.
- The voting system shall provide the voter with an opportunity to change the ballot or correct any error before the permanent paper record is produced.
- The paper record produced under subparagraph (A) shall be available as an official record for any recount conducted with respect to any election in which the system is used.”