Election Assistance Commission
The Hill Blog: A Common Sense Solution to Defective Voting
Posted at The Hill Blog - read the entire oped. In a week, millions of Americans will exercise their most important civil right – the right to vote. But as surely as some campaigns will end in a deluge of confetti and others in popped balloons, there will also be problems with vote tallies.... »
An Important New Proposal for Voting Machines
If you’ve wondered why voting machine problems seem to occur again and again around the country and what can be done about it, the Brennan Center at New York University School of Law has an answer. A report released last week by the non-partisan organization, Voting System Failures: A Database Solution, found that in... »
Comments on EAC UOCAVA Pilot Program Testing Requirements
This week the Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) released public comments submitted on their draft UOCAVA Pilot Program Testing Requirements. The EAC document spell outs testing and certification requirements for Internet voting pilot programs for military and overseas voters, partly in response to the requirements of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act passed... »
Verified Voting Comments on EAC Internet Pilot Requirements
April 30, 2010 U.S. Election Assistance Commission 1201 New York Ave, NW., Suite 300 Washington, DC 20005 RE: UOCAVA Pilot Program Testing Requirements: Public Comment Dear Commissioners, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed UOCAVA Pilot Program Testing Requirements. We appreciate the invitation for public input to such an important initiative. ... »
2009 Issues – Developing Standards for Election Data
2009 Issues – Developing Standards for Election Data One of the challenges faced by advocates of election audits and transparency is that current voting systems each record and store election file data in unique ways. This is no surprise given that vendors have long claimed that their systems are proprietary. But the current model... »
2009 Issues on Capitol Hill
Having a presence on Capitol Hill this year has allowed Verified Voting to be more fully involved in hearings and conferences that complement our traditional areas of concern. In particular the interest in using internet technology in the administration of elections has highlighted the importance of cyber security policy in Verified Voting’s activities. In... »
Rep. Holt Urges EAC to Address Voting Machine Failures, Accessibility in 2010 Election Survey
U.S. Representative Rush Holt (NJ-12) submitted a public Letter of Comment to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) urging the EAC to ensure that the Election Day Survey for 2010 will include a robust list of questions on voting machine failures and polling place accessibility not currently included in the draft survey for the 2010... »
Recommendations to NIST on Post Election Audits
To: National Institute of Standards and Technology We, the undersigned, participated in a working meeting on vote tabulation audits hosted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) on October 23 and 24, 2009. We write to emphasize that future iterations of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) should facilitate effective vote tabulation audits. We applaud... »
Improving the EAC 2010 Election Day Survey
The Election Day Survey plays an ongoing, important, and unique role in collecting and publishing data on election administration in the United States. Balancing the right of the public to know how our elections function, with the burden of reporting useful data by those who administer our elections, is clearly a complex task, but... »
Burstein and Hall’s Response to the EAC
To: Brian Hancock, Director of Voting System Testing and Certification, U.S. Election Assistance Commission Thank you for your reply of October 21, 2009, to our letter of October 13, 2009. We appreciate your pointing out that relevant documents are available on the EAC’s website. Of course, it was the EAC’s commendable policy of making... »
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