EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Jordi Puiggali
Organization : | Scytl Secure Electronic Voting
Post Date : | 9/9/2005
Section Comments
Section : | A1D
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Comment : | [Volume I, Appendix D] Appendix D contains an informative classification of the current Independent Dual Verification (IDV) systems. In the sections below, we propose some changes to the description and classification of some of these systems. As discussed in Section 2.1.4 of this document, the description of VVPAT systems included in Appendix D and in Section 6.8 of the Guidelines is too restrictive since it does not allow the possibility of adding an independent audit module between the voting terminal and the printer to improve the accessibility and security of the overall system. Besides the VVPAT systems, Appendix D also describes and classifies other IDV systems. In the sections below, we have included comments about the characteristics of these other IDV systems (e.g., End-to-end Cryptographic IDV Systems). We strongly recommend that the EAC develops specific security requirements for these systems in order to facilitate their adoption.