EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Susan Pynchon
Organization : | Florida Fair Elections Coalition
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
General Comments
Comment : | A purchasing entity, or an individual, should be able to submit the components of a voting system proposed for their jurisdiction and get an opinion as to whether that system is NASED qualified (federally certified). I was told by Brian Hancock that neither I nor our County Council could get an opinion from either NASED or the EAC as to whether the Diebold system proposed to Volusia County, Florida was NASED qualified because, Mr. Hancock said, "things were in transition between NASED and the EAC." What good is the testing process if a jurisdiction can't find out if the system they are looking to purchase is or isn't qualified?