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US Voting Machines Standards Open To Public

Posted by samzenpus on from the now-you-can-see-it-coming dept.

Online Voting writes "The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has published new voting systems testing and certification standards for 190 days of public comment. For all the critics of electronic voting, this is your opportunity to improve the process. This will be the second version of the federal voting system standards (the first version is the VVSG 05). To learn more about these Voluntary Voting System Standards see this FAQ."

2 of 115 comments (clear)

  1. I certainly much better now! by e9th · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the EAC's FAQ:

    Q: Will the source code be available to the public? A: No.

  2. Software independence is required. by zestyping · · Score: 4, Informative
    For those of you who have wanted voter-verifiable paper records, the new VVSG says:

    Software independence means that an undetected error or fault in the voting system's software is not capable of causing an undetectable change in election results. All voting systems must be software independent in order to conform to the VVSG.
    See section 2.4 for a discussion of "software independence." The draft guidelines present "independent voter-verifiable records" (IVVR) as one method of achieving "software independence," though it leaves the door open for other innovative ways of achieving the same goal (such as end-to-end cryptographic verification).


    I definitely recommend reading the guidelines. There's a lot of stuff in there.