Your Vote is Not Secret: Government Using SmartPhone Barcodes to Trace Ballot to VoterSusanne Posel, Contributor Using a smartphone and a free downloadable program called Barcode Director, the data matrix can be scanned and will produce a corresponding number to the one found on the ballot. With access to the county records through open-record laws, the ballot can be traced to the individual who voted by cross referencing the corresponding county. Since the ballots containing the data matrix barcode are filed with the Chaffee County clerk, the information is obtainable by anyone including campaign officials who might be interested in knowing who voted for which candidate. The Colorado State Constitution says that ballots cannot have markings that would indicate the voters identity printed on the ballot and/or provide that the ballot be able to be traced back to the voter. However, that is exactly what the data matrix barcodes do. Smartphone apps for the Obama For America and Mitts VP are data mining with the use of software. The app users name, address, home phone number, and Facebook information is given over during the account process and turned over by the app software. According to Joyce Reno, Chaffee County clerk, the reason the ballots contain a data matrix barcode is to prevent double voting and forgery. The Election Protection Smartphone Apphas made data mining easier with direct access to information and resources just in time for the 2012 elections. With the app, a user can verify: Where the voter registered The ballot machines being used in Chaffee County are manufactured by Hart Intercivic Systems. Gregg Burt, the Chairman of (HIS) is the former CEO of BuildForge, Inc., and a start-up enterprise software firm that was purchased by IBM in 2006. More employees of HIS have questionable backgrounds: Neil Tuch, managing director, a former Goldman Sachs employee who worked in Mergers and Acquisitions Taylor v. Pile , a 1964 Colorado court case ruled that: Since Colorado is a swing state, the implications of these voter traceable ballots are quite serious. Should they remain on the official ballots for the 2012 Presidential Elections in Colorado, they could be the causation of an illegitimate voting count of the electoral tally. The Citizen Center(CC) is a nonpartisan non-profit organization that uses public advocacy and high-impact legal tools to ensure greater transparency and accountability in government and public oversight of government and elections that have filed a motion for temporary restraining order to prevent Chaffee and Eagle County clerks from printing ballots with the data matrix barcode which ties the ballot to the voter. Robert McGuire, attorney for CC, stated: In the letter, they admit to being aware of the data matrix barcode that can directly connect the voter to their ballot, and that they are in support of House Bill 12-1036that would permit election officials to remove traceable barcodes from ballots never mind the fact that no evidence should be traceable between the voter and their ballot. The very existence of these barcodes invalidates all citizens right to an anonymous vote. McGuire remarked: 