EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Linda H. Lamone
Organization : | Maryland State Board of Elections
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
General Comments
Comment : | Technical Study The technical study, which is being conducted by MIPAR at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County will cover the following issues. 1. A review of the current voting system and attendant procedures and testing in order to determine the ability of the voting system to provide verification and auditability. 2. Technical review of the hardware and software utilized by each of the proposed verification systems. 3. An analysis of whether each of the proposed systems provides a satisfactory level of verification and auditability. 4. An analysis of whether each of the proposed systems is susceptible to fraud or attack. 5. An analysis of the level of effort that will be required to integrate each of the verification systems with the voting system. 6. Review of each of the verification systems for compliance with appropriate standards (i.e. accessibility).