Voting Techology
Thoughts on the New York Primary
Despite the impressions received from media reports, the September 14th primary was not the first time that New Yorkers voted on paper ballots and scanners. In the 2009 off-year election, 47 counties in upstate New York used the new systems as part of a pilot program. This trial run taught participants valuable lessons, and... »
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... »
How the Internet Works
If we can use the Internet to deliver blank ballots, then why not use it to return voted ballots? Part of the answer lies with the nature of the Internet itself. If we are to be sure that the vote cast is the same as the vote counted, we need a way to guarantee... »
On India’s Electronic Voting Controversy
For Americans who care about verified elections, recent events in India are resonant. Verified Voting applauds the advocates, ordinary citizens and technologists who are working for accountable voting in the world’s largest democracy. We support calls for the government of India to 1) engage constructively, rather than persecute, technologists who have conducted critical research... »
New York’s New Voting System Procedure Could Cost Tens of Thousands of Lost Votes
The Brennan Center for Justice, New York State Conference NAACP, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Families United For Racial and Economic Equality, the Working Families Party, and many other civil rights, voting rights, good government groups and advocates called for the New York State and City Boards of Elections to take a... »
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... »
Military and Overseas Voting Update
For members of the military, their families, and other United States citizens living overseas, voting has always presented unique challenges. Some of these problems include reliable delivery of blank ballots to the voters, secure and timely return of voted ballots, and authenticating that ballots were completed and returned by the same person they were... »
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. ... »
American Statistical Association Endorses Risk-limiting Audits of Election Results
Read the ASA press release here. American Statistical Association Statement on Risk-Limiting Post-Election Audits Poorly marked ballots, computer glitches, and voting system configuration errors can make machine vote counts diverge from voters’ intentions. By comparing hand counts of randomly selected ballots with machine tallies, we can judge whether a full hand count would show... »
DC Board of Elections Announces Award for Voting Equipment to Election Systems and Software (ES&S)
District to Replace Aging Voting Equipment With ES&S iVotronic Featuring Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail The District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics announced today that it is replacing its aging fleet of voting machines with equipment from Election Systems & Software (ES&S) in time for the mayoral primary election to be held on... »
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