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Merchant Marine: See MEMBER OF THE MERCHANT MARINE.

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See MEMBER OF THE MERCHANT MARINE. Mercuri method A method of voting in which the voter has the oppor tunity to review a paper record of her vote before it is cast on electronic equipment. The paper record, called a PAPER TRAIL, is retained so as to be available in case a RECOUNT is performed. Named for its popularizer, Rebecca Mercuri, although the first published suggestion of a paper trail for voting appeared in two contributions to the March 1986 issue of Risks Digest by Mike McLaughlin and Tom Benson.

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