Technology Issues

New Guidelines, New Challenges
Election officials may be concerned about the security and accuracy of their systems in the short-term, but the EAC has been considering new guidelines that will affect voting systems far into the future. A task force of the Election Reform Project has issued a set of recommendations on improving these guidelines, and the EAC also recently held a roundtable discussion on the document.
Featured Resources
On Wednesday, February 8, 2006, Senator Barack Obama delivered a keynote address to inaugurate the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project. Senator Obama's address was followed by a discussion of the past and future of election reform among experts in election law, technology, and administration.
Election Assistance Commission (EAC) stakeholders and representatives of other certification programs provide testimony regarding the implementation of the EAC Voting System Certification Program
This NIST report presents recommendations to improve voting system usability and accessibility based on NIST's review of research, guidelines, standards, and evaluation methodologies.
This report examines a number of problems that occured in Montrose County, CO during the 2006 general election; these issues include voting machine programming errors and problems with electronic pollbooks.
This report explores the rules, practices, and impact of post-election audits of voting machines, with a special emphasis on California, Minnesota, Nevada, Arizona, and Connecticut.
Research Projects
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.
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 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.
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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