From: Neal McBurnett <neal@mcburnett.org>
Subject: EAC VVGC comment database in a more convenient format

2005-12-14T21:57:48-0700

Re: http://guidelines.kennesaw.edu/vvsg/intro.asp

I've spent some time today pulling 2470 records from the EAC website

 http://guidelines.kennesaw.edu/vvsg/view_section.asp?type=section

I got all the valid responses to web requests for ids 0 thru 3000: a
few more than the 1700+374+358 = 2432 that they advertise.  I wonder
which ones they didn't count?  I didn't get the index pages to find
out which  are missing - they use some silly javascript it seems.

A few summary statistics follow below.

About 17 MB of data, all 2470 html files, at the moment.  Much of the
redundant html could be trimmed.

Currently on the web at

http://mcburnett.org/neal/elections/vvsg-comments.tgz

Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/
Signed and/or sealed mail encouraged.  GPG/PGP Keyid: 2C9EBA60

Most common line in the comments (at least the way lynx formatted
them....), which appeared 84 times:

  I urge the EAC to reinstate the recommendation in resolution #13-05

which seems to come from this sort of comment:

   On January 18, 2005 Professor Ron Rivest introduced a resolution
   (#13-05) to require voter-verified paper trails at the TGDC meeting.
   That resolution was voted down, by members of the committee who know
   less about computer security than the person who introduced the
   measure.
   I urge the EAC to reinstate the recommendation in resolution #13-05
   and require the essential safeguard of voter-verified paper records.
   I further urge you:
   -to reject wireless capability of any kind in our voting systems;
   -to clarify terms used for VVPAT such that standards for
   voter-verified paper ballots (e.g. optical scan) are not confused with
   standards for voter-verified paper audit trails (e.g. printers on
   DREs);
   -to adopt Resolution #17-05 for more stringent testing of voting
   systems for security; and
   -to allow interoperability so that voting systems from different
   vendors are able to work together more freely, saving taxpayer
   resources.

Most common Names:

    245            Name :   Scott Hunsaker
    152            Name :   Sue Sautermeister
    120            Name :   Alfie Charles
     86            Name :   Aviel D. Rubin
     77            Name :   Ian S. Piper
     72            Name :   Carol Julian
     53            Name :   John S. Groh
     49            Name :   Ron Crane
     44            Name :   Stanley A. Klein
     42            Name :   Linda H. Lamone
     41            Name :   Jordi Puiggali
     41            Name :   Doug Jones
     41            Name :   David Mertz, et al.
     40            Name :   Carol Coggins
     38            Name :   Dennis Vadura
     37            Name :   William Campbell
     32            Name :   Robert Kibrick
     32            Name :   Eugene Lee
     31            Name :   Sanford Morganstein
     30            Name :   John Gideon
     28            Name :   Sandy Steinbach
     28            Name :   David B. Aragon
     28            Name :   Christina Galindo-Walsh
     26            Name :   Matt Bishop
     26            Name :   David Dill
     25            Name :   Dan McCrea et al.
     23            Name :   Jim Dickson
     21            Name :   Kathy Dopp
     20            Name :   Diane Golden
     20            Name :   Bradley Wittman
     19            Name :   Rachel Garner
     19            Name :   Mary Kiffmeyer
     19            Name :   Joseph Hazeltine
     18            Name :   Rebecca Mercuri

Most common organizations:

    894    Organization :   N/A
    245    Organization :   Hart Intercivic
    120    Organization :   Sequoia Voting Systems
     77    Organization :   Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
     75    Organization :   KSU
     65    Organization :   ACCURATE
     53    Organization :   Election Systems & Software
     42    Organization :   Maryland State Board of Elections
     41    Organization :   Systest
     40    Organization :   Scytl Secure Electronic Voting
     37    Organization :   EAC Standards Board
     37    Organization :   AccuPoll
     26    Organization :   VotersUnite.Org
     25    Organization :   University of California Davis
     25    Organization :   National Disability Rights Network
     25    Organization :   Miami-Dade Election Reform Coalition
     23    Organization :   Populex Corporation
     23    Organization :   Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs
     23    Organization :   American Assoc. of People With Disabilities (AAPD)
     21    Organization :   Verified Voting Foundation
     21    Organization :   National Election Data Archive
     19    Organization :   Wyle Laboratories
     19    Organization :   Minnesota Secretary of State
     18    Organization :   Notable Software, Inc.
     17    Organization :   Federal Voting Assistance Program
     16    Organization :   The American Council of the Blind
     16    Organization :   AsianPacific American Legal Ctr. of So. CA
     15    Organization :   U.S. Senate
     15    Organization :   Asian Pacific American Legal Ctr. of So. CA
     14    Organization :   National Committee for Voting Integrity
     13    Organization :   Florida Fair Elections Coalition
     12    Organization :   Dept of Elections for New Castle County

Most common sections:

    258    Section :   6.8
    106    Section :   A1D
     62    Section :   6.7
     55    Section :   2.2.7
     28    Section :   A1C
     27    Section :   6
     17    Section :   .20.5
     16    Section :   1
     15    Section :   2.2.7.2.4
     15    Section :   2.2.7.2
     14    Section :   6.8.2.2
     14    Section :   2.2.7.1
     13    Section :   6.8.3.5
     13    Section :   2.2.7.1.2.2.6
     13    Section :   2.2.7.1.2.1.3
     12    Section :   6.8.4.7
     12    Section :   ...
     11    Section :   6.8.4.3
     10    Section :   A2A
     10    Section :   4.2.3
      9    Section :   6.8.5.3
      9    Section :   6.8.4.1
      9    Section :   6.6
      9    Section :   .20.5.4.2
      9    Section :   2
      8    Section :   7
      8    Section :   6.8.3.2
      8    Section :   6.8.3.1
      8    Section :   6.8.1.2
      8    Section :   4.2.7
      8    Section :   3.4.3
      8    Section :   2.2.7.4.2.1
      8    Section :   2.2.7.2.2.6
      8    Section :   2.2.7.1.3.5

