EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Ronald E. Crane, J.D., B.S.C.S.
Organization : | n/a
Post Date : | 9/23/2005
General Comments
Comment : | To: Federal Elections Assistance Commission From: Ronald E. Crane, J.D., B.S.C.S. Re: Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, June 2005 version Greetings. This document contains my comments on the June 2005 version of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (“VVSG” or “the Guidelines”). In brief, the Guidelines do not substantially assist citizens, elections officials, or vendors in creating transparent, secure, reliable elections systems and procedures. They do not guide officials in the selection and proper operation of such systems or in the performance of such procedures. They contain no significant threat analysis and ignore major threats to elections’ security. And they confine the general citizenry (including even those skilled in computer security) to the role of trusting bystanders. The Guidelines require substantial revision as detailed below – and another full round of public review – to fulfill their purpose of improving voting systems’ and procedures’ transparency, security, and reliability. Sincerely, Ronald E. Crane, J.D., B.S.C.S. ****************** Read the comments at http://www.lastland.net/voting/vvsg-notes-final.pdf ****************** [Note: I previously submitted these comments via email, but EAC does not currently post comments submitted through that route. To ensure public access, I have resubmitted them via the web].