Testimony Before the U.S. Election Assistance Commission: Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has dealt recently with new requirements for electronic voting systems, as recommended by the Technical Guidelines Development Committee at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. Recent testimony by the Committee’s chair, Dr. William Jeffery, summarizes what’s on the horizon.

Read the testimony here.
Featured Resources
An Active Approach to Voting Verification: Working Paper (PDF) | MAY 2005
Ted Selker (Massachusetts Institute of Technoloy) and Sharon Cohen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Selker and Cohen find that voters detect many more errors using the VVAATT system than they do with the VVPAT system.
Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #57 | AUGUST 6, 2008
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
Electronic Voting Systems: The Good, The Bad, and The Stupid (PDF) | 2004
Barbara Simons, Verified Voting
Simons details flaws and issues that have arisen with Diebold and ES&S voting machines and recommends alternative designs and more extensive certification procedures to guard against malicious code and other threats.
Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #65 | DECEMBER 17, 2008
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
Post-Election Audits: Restoring Trust in Elections (PDF) | AUGUST 2007
Lawrence Norden (NYU), Aaron Burnstein (UC Berkeley), Joseph Lorenzo Hall (UC Berkeley), and Margaret Chen (NYU), Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law
In this report, researchers from the Brennan Center and the Samuelson Clinic survey current literature on post-election audits and make recommendations for future audit policy.
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Research Projects
Election Law @ Moritz
Election Law @ Moritz, run through Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, contains both explanation and commentary on a wealth of election reform issues from a legal perspective.
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
This project aims to evaluate the current state of reliability and uniformity of U.S. voting systems; to establish uniform attributes and quantitative guidelines for performance and reliability of voting systems; and to propose specific uniform guidelines and requirements for reliable voting systems
Electionline.org
Electionline.org
Electionline.org provides daily news updates on election reform issues, as well as deeper analysis of selected topics, including recent reports on voter registration, recount procedures, and the progress in implementing the Help America Vote Act since 2002.
Center for American Politics and Citizenship
Center for American Politics and Citizenship
University of Maryland
As part of its broader research focus on elections, campaign ethics, campaign finance, and the legislative process, the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland is engaged in research projects on voting technology and ballot design specifically.
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