EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | David Dill
Organization : | Verified Voting Foundation
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Glossary Comments
Glossary Term : | Voting Equipment Operational Environment
Definition : |
Comment : | All software, hardware (including facilities, furnishings, and fixtures), materials, documentation, and the interface used by the election personnel, maintenance operator, poll worker, and voter, required for voting equipment operations. See also voting environment. Association: voting Source: IEEE 1583 This definition makes reference to a “maintenance operator”. The meaning of that term is unclear and is not defined elsewhere in this glossary. What differentiates a “maintenance operator” from the other categories listed (election personnel, poll worker, and voter) and by what entity is the “maintenance operator” employed (e.g., the voting machine vendor or the government agency responsible for the conduct of the election)? Under what circumstances is the “maintenance operator” provided access to the “interface” that is “required for voting equipment operations”? Note that under the definition for “Voting Equipment Operations Procedures”, while “election personnel, poll workers, and voters” are listed, “maintenance operators” are not.