Introduction The proposed project will have the objective of providing election officials, voting system manufacturers and the voting public with a revised, updated and improved set of voting system guidelines providing specifications and requirements against which voting systems can be tested to determine if they provide all the basic functionality, accessibility, usability and security capabilities required of modern voting technology. The final work product of this project will represent the fourth iteration of national-level voting system standards/guidelines. The Federal Election Commission published the Performance and Test Standards for Punchcard, Marksense and Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems in 1990. This was followed by a revised document titled the in 2002. Voting Systems Standards Version 1.0 of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) was adopted by a vote of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) on December 13, 2005. Version 1.1 of the VVSG was created and adopted by the EAC on March 31, 2015 as an effort to improve Version 1.0 of the VVSG by providing updates to requirements in the areas of security, reliability, usability, and accessibility as well as to enhance the testability and clarity of several of the requirements contained in Version 1.0 of the VVSG. Objectives In order to align with the goals articulated by both the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) and the EAC Future VVSG Working Group, this Committee agrees that the primary objectives of Version 2.0 of the VVSG shall be: To assess the ability of the election systems to correctly execute secure, usable and accessible elections in order to provide assurance to voters that the election is an accurate reflection of the voters’ will. To enable, not obstruct or impede, innovation and needed response to changing statutes, rules, jurisdictional and voters’ needs. To create a set of implementable guidelines that allows deployment of systems by jurisdictions constrained by election calendars, schedules and budgetary restrictions. To facilitate the interoperability of election systems. To facilitate an open and transparent process that allows voters and election jurisdictions to assess the performance and capability of the election systems.
Introduction The proposed project will have the objective of providing election officials, voting system manufacturers and the voting public with a revised, updated and improved set of voting system guidelines providing specifications and requirements against which voting systems can be tested to determine if they provide all the basic functionality, accessibility, usability and security capabilities required of modern voting technology. The final work product of this project will represent the fourth iteration of national-level voting system standards/guidelines. The Federal Election Commission published the Performance and Test Standards for Punchcard, Marksense and Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems in 1990. This was followed by a revised document titled the Voting Systems Standards in 2002. Version 1.0 of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) was adopted by a vote of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) on December 13, 2005. Version 1.1 of the VVSG was created and adopted by the EAC on March 31, 2015 as an effort to improve Version 1.0 of the VVSG by providing updates to requirements in the areas of security, reliability, usability, and accessibility as well as to enhance the testability and clarity of several of the requirements contained in Version 1.0 of the VVSG. Objectives In order to align with the goals articulated by both the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) and the EAC Future VVSG Working Group, this Committee agrees that the primary objectives of Version 2.0 of the VVSG shall be: To assess the ability of the election systems to correctly execute secure, usable and accessible elections in order to provide assurance to voters that the election is an accurate reflection of the voters’ will. To enable, not obstruct or impede, innovation and needed response to changing statutes, rules, jurisdictional and voters’ needs. To create a set of implementable guidelines that allows deployment of systems by jurisdictions constrained by election calendars, schedules and budgetary restrictions. To facilitate the interoperability of election systems. To facilitate an open and transparent process that allows voters and election jurisdictions to assess the performance and capability of the election systems.
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