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.
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Making Each Vote Count: A Research Agenda for Electronic Voting (PDF) | OCTOBER 2004
American Association for the Advancement of Science
After reviewing some specifics of voting processes in the United States and the provisions of the Help America Vote Act, this paper lays out a roadmap for future reseach on electronic voting, with particular emphasis on reliability and access.
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On Election Day, one-third of the nation's voters will use new voting machines. A new report from Election Data Services describes the changes, highlights geographic patterns, and discusses what lessons past changes may have for this election.
Transparency and Access to Source Code in Electronic Voting (PDF) | 2006
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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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