EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Ian S. Piper
Organization : | Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
Post Date : | 9/29/2005
Section Comments
Section : | .20.1.8.2.2
Page no. : | (Vol 2)
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Comment : | In this test requirement in item (a), there is mention of "at least one independent, qualified observer, who shall witness that the test and data acquisition requirements have been satisfied.", yet there is no mention of how this qualified person is selected or what criteria that person must meet to be qualified. There needs to be some clarification as to why this observer is required when the testing lab has been accredited by NIST's NVLAP process and is regularly audited on that accreditation. Perhaps this role would be better served by the standard auditing that is involved in the NVLAP process. Proposed change: Add criteria for selecting the independent, qualified observer and the reasons why this observer is required in addition to the NVLAP accreditation process and auditing."