TECHNICAL GUIDELINES DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (TGDC)

Public Comments & Position Statements

Comments and position statements submitted to the TGDC and NIST are organized into three general areas:

Written comments and position statements submitted to the TGDC.
Oral and written testimony provided by speakers at public hearings held at NIST on September 20-22, 2004, with the purpose of gathering data and information relative to the work of the TGDC.
Position statements submitted to NIST prior to the symposium, Building Trust & Confidence in Voting Systems (December 10-11, 2003).

Written Comments and Position Statements Submitted to the TGDC

Date	Submitter	Title
7/6/2010	Voter Action	Letter to TGDC and UOCAVA Working Group Attachment 1 - Final Voter Action Letter to EAC Attachment 2 - Sequoia Smartmatic Report
12/7/2009	Fair Elections Wisconsin	Changes to VVSG Regarding Overvotes
10/29/2009	American Statistical Association - working meeting participants	Comments on vote tabulation audits
3/3/2008	Multiple Senders	Election Standards Must Comply with the Law and the Public Interest!
12/3/2007	Zulin, A.M.	Comment on "Retro-Control" Voting Technology method (html)
9/21/2007	Saltman, Roy G.	Improving the Voting Process: A Multi-disciplinary and Politicized Problem (html)
8/16/2007	Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs; The Arc of the United States; National Disability Rights Network; United Cerebral Palsy	Comments on TGDC's Draft Volunteer Voting System Guidelines Regarding Paper Ballot Accessibility (html)
8/15/2007	Lewis, Clayton	Comment on VVSG Draft (August 2007) (html)
6/12/2007	Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)	Comments on VVSG Draft, Chapter 5: Electronic Records Requirements (html)
6/11/2007	Johnson, Richard C.	Comments on VVSG Draft, Electronic Records Poll Opening Certificate Requirement (html)
5/31/2007	Backert, Chris	Comments on the VVSG and The Innovation Class
5/30/2007	Watson, David	Comments on the Requirements on E Poll Books
5/30/2007	Golden, Diane	Comments on Accessibility Standards Discussed at May TGDC Meeting
5/24/2007	Saltman, Roy	Comments on the VVSG Draft Recommendations on Voter Verified Paper Records
5/21/2007	Saltman, Roy	Comments on Section 2.2 of the VVSG, History of Federal Voting System Standards & Guidelines
5/18/2007	Steinbach, Sandy	Comments on the Draft VVSG
5/17/2007	AVANTE	Comments on providing accessibilities of "voter verified paper ballot" to visually impaired voters
5/15/2007	Golden, Diane	Comments on concerns regarding accessibility provisions in the May 15 Version of the VVSG
5/10/2007	Golden, Diane	Comments on accessibility discussions of the TGDC and language in the Draft VVSG
5/4/2007	Jones, Douglas W.	Comments entitled, "Computer Security Versus the Public's Right to Know
4/26/2007	Baquis, David	Comment on Requirements for Accessibility of Paper-based Vote Verification
4/6/2007	Brace, Kim	Comments on Electronic Record Capabilities of ES&S and Diebold Voting Systems
3/20/20007	Redish, Ginny	Comments on the VVSG especially Chapter 12 on Usability and Accessibility Requirements
3/19/2007	Scott, Josephine	Comments on the VVSG, Human Factor Requirements
3/9/2007	Steinbach, Sandra NASED	Comments on the VVSG, Core Requirements Testing
2/11/2007	Vanderheiden, Gregg	Comments entitled, "Brief on Accessible, Verifiable Voting"
1/25/2007	Nelson, Chris	Comments on Standards for Ballot Screen Layout Formatting
1/17/2007	Dopp, Kathy	How Big Should an Election Audit Be? (no longer available)
1/17/2007	Dopp, Kathy	Spreadsheet for Calculating Minimum Audit Sample Sizes no longer available)
1/9/2007	Biddulph, David	Comments entitled, "The Path to a Perfect Voting Process in the 21st Century"
12/15/2006		Comments on the Boulder Colorado Election Audit
12/12/2006	Reo, Dominic	Comments on Verification of Electronic Votes
12/6/2006	Brownlee, Robert	Comments on the Recommendations Regarding Security of E-Voting
12/6/2006	Morales, Fernando	Comments on the Protection of Paper Ballot Voting Systems
12/5/2006	Moore, Jim	Comments on Banking Analogy and Independent Audits
12/4/2006	Horning, James	Comments on Software Independence Resolution
12/4/2006	Gerck, Ed	Comments on the Independent Auditing Solution
12/1/2006	Lundell, Jonathan	Comments on the "Vote-Verifiable" vs. "Voter Verified" Paper Trail
12/1/2006	Spafford, Eugene	Recommendations to the security subcommittee from the Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery
12/1/2006	Hall, Joseph Lorenzo	Comments entitled, "Design and the Support of Transparency in VVPAT Systems in the U.S. Voting Systems Market
11/26/2006	Lobdill, Jerry	Comments entitled, "Considering Vote Count Distribution in Designing Election Audits"
10/9/2006	Lobdill, Jerry	Comments entitled, "Election Audit Sampling Plan - It's Not Just About Sampling Without Replacement"
10/8/2006	Johnson, Seth	Comments on Quality Control and the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
9/25/2006	Dopp, Kathy and Stenger, Frank	Comments entitled, "The Election Integrity Audit"
8/16/2006	Stanislevic, Howard	Comments entitled, "Random Auditing of E-Voting Systems: How Much is Enough?"
10/29/2005	Miranda, Gina de	Registrar's Comment on Computer Voting Equipment
10/19/2005	Farmer, Doc	Comment on Lottery Machines and Voting
10/5/2005	Johnson, James	Comment on WiFi Threats
10/4/2005	Pfeffer, Carol	Comment on Complexity of Voting Guidelines and Lack of Public Oversight
10/2/2005	Hursti, Harri	Comment on Votoscope Software
9/29/2005	Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results	Comments on Voting Systems Guidelines
9/29/2005	Vidal, Felipe	Comment on Verifiable Paper Ballots
5/6/2005	Multiple Senders	Comments: Election Standards Must Comply with the Law and the Public Interest
4/28/2005	Gideon, John Voters Unite	Comment on Public Interest Mandate of TGDC
4/27/2005	Valles, Pere Scytl	Comments Providing Information on Electronic Voting Technologies
4/24/2005	Gideon, John	Comments on Issues at the 4/20-21/2005 TGDC Meeting
4/21/2005	National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems	Comments on the VVSG
4/21/2005	Reed, James	Comments on Voting Standards
4/21/2005	Garrett-Jones, Brooks	Comment on Spoiled Ballot Standard
4/19/2005	Ashmore, Rucker	Comments regarding the Sip & Puff Switch Activation on Voting Systems
4/19/2005	Starr, Janna Disability Policy Collaboration	Comments on the needs of the population with cognitive, or intellectual, disabilities
4/18/2005	Pimley, Ann	Comments regarding issues using audible ballot
4/19/2005	Johnson, James	Comment on Wireless Requirements
4/17/2005	National Assoc. of State Election Directors	Comment on Voter Verification Issues
4/13/2005	Golden, Diane Cordry	Comment on Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (April 2005)
4/14/05	ES&S International	Comment on NIST Preliminary Report: Disposition of 2002 VSS Requirements
4/14/05	ES&S International	Comment on NIST Preliminary Report: Usability and Accessibility Requirements
4/14/05	ES&S International	Comment on NIST Preliminary Report: Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails
4/14/05	ES&S International	Comment on NIST Preliminary Report: Security Testing
4/14/05	ES&S International	Comment on NIST Preliminary Report: Wireless Communications Requirements
4/14/05	ES&S International	Comment on NIST Preliminary Report: Interim Conformance Clause
4/14/05	ES&S International	Comment on NIST Preliminary Report: Direct and Indirect Verification
4/14/05	ES&S International	Comment on NIST Preliminary Report: Software Distribution & Setup Validation
4/10/05	Swinford, Mike	Comment on Voter Perceptions and Political Deceptions
4/13/05	Webber, David	Comment on PVC Proposals
4/11/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on Untrustworthy Logic
4/6/05	Pimley, Ann	Comment on Current Audio Accessible Ballots for the Blind
3/28/05	Dent, Kathy	Comment on TGDC Resolution #12-05
3/25/05	Morales, Fernando	False Statements, Minuscule Progress … What Next?
3/22/05	Webber, David	Comment on Council of Europe E-Voting Standards
3/9/05	National Committee for Voting Integrity	Comment on Voting Technology Standards
3/29/05	Webber, David	Trusted Logic Voting Systems with OASIS EML 4.0
2/23/05	Headd, Mark	Phone Based Voting System for the Visually Impaired
2/23/05	Ohringer, Lee	Comment on A Recount Worthy of Trust
2/15/05	Davidson, Thelma	Comment on Election Integrity
2/15/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on TGDC Resolution# 35-05
2/15/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on TGDC Resolution# 15-05
2/14/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on TGDC Resolution# 14-05
2/14/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on TGDC Resolution# 12-05
2/10/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on TGDC Resolution# 05-05
2/8/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on TGDC Resolution# 04-05
2/7/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on TGDC Resolution# 03-05
2/3/05	Scenga, David	Comment on a Fair Voting Process
2/3/05	Morales, Fernando	Comments on TGDC Resolution 02-05
1/28/2005	Morales, Fernando	Paul Craft's Questionable Behavior
2/01/05	Morales, Fernando	Dr. Williams' Violation Acknowledgement
2/01/05	Ingle, Verda W.	Comment on Electronic Voting
1/25/05	Ananda, Rady	Comment on Electronic Voting Machines
1/24/05	Gaul, Randolph A.	Comment on Verifiable Paper Trail
1/21/05	Porter, Jen	Comment on Resolution 12-05
1/18/05	League of Women Voters of the United States	Comment on Voting Systems and Procedures
1/17/05	The Election Center	Comment on Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail
1/17/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on Post Election Vote Verification
1/17/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on 2004 Voting Equipment
1/16/05	Morgan, Clyde Michael	Comment on Paper Ballots
1/12/05	Morales, Fernando	Comments on Transparency and Security
1/14/05	Morales, Fernando	Comments on Paper Absentee Ballots
1/11/05	Morales, Fernando	Comment on IEEE P1583 Conflict of Interest
1/06/05	NEDAP	Comment on the IEEE P1583 Draft Standard
1/1/05	Simons, Barbara	Comment on the IEEE P1583 Voting Standard
1/04/05	Morales, Fernando	Voluntary Voting Guidelines
1/03/05	Democracy Systems, Inc	Recommendations on Verification Systems
12/29/04	Biddulph, David	The "Perfect Voting System"
12/26/04	Corry, Charles E.	Comment on the IEEE P1583 Standard
12/26/04	Kolwicz, Al	Comment on the IEEE P1583 Draft Standard
12/21/04	Klammer, Pete	Comment on the IEEE P1583 Draft Standard
12/20/04	Adler, Jim	Comment on IEEE P1583 Draft Standard
12/20/04	Mercuri, Rebecca	Comment on the IEEE P1583 Draft Standard
12/20/04	Lipsio, Vincent J.	Comment on the IEEE P1583 Draft Standard: Part 1, Part 2
12/18/04	Aragon, David	Comment on the IEEE P1583 Draft Standard
12/17/04	Klein, Stanley A.	Comment on the IEEE P1583 Draft Standard
12/13/04	AVANTE International	2002/2005 VSS Issues re: Accessibility
12/13/04	AVANTE International	2002/2005 VSS Issues re: Accuracy
12/13/04	AVANTE International	2002/2005 VSS Issues re: Accuracy-Security-Reliability
11/19/04	Hundt, Christopher	Building Trust and Confidence
9/19/04	Hacke, Peter	Paper Trail
9/18/04	Wheeler, David	Electronic Voting System
9/17/04	Moore, Haley	Voting Booth Standards
9/16/04	Samuel, Stephen	Easter Eggs/Types of Certainty
9/15/04	Archer, Derek	Paper Trail
9/15/04	Gordon, Allen	Electronic Voting
9/15/04	Penna, Craig Della	Register Tape
9/15/04	Ling, Chen	Electronic Voting
9/15/04	Weatherford, Matt	Paper Audit Trail
9/15/04	Salsman, James	HAVA Testimony
9/15/04	Vitolo, Thomas	Trustworthy Electronic Voting
9/15/04	Gray, Nathaniel	Electronic Voting
9/15/04	Querin, David	E-Voting
9/15/04	Hourihan, James	Voting Comment

Building Trust & Confidence in Voting Systems Voting Symposium (December 10-11, 2003)
Position Statements submitted to NIST

(Also see the symposium agenda for links to the presentations)

Submitter	Title
ACM U.S. Public Policy Council (USACM)	Policy Brief: E-Voting Technology and Standards [no longer available]
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)	AAPD Policy Statement on Voter Verified Paper Ballots
California Secretary of State (Kevin Shelley)	Secretary of State's Ad Hoc Touch Screen Task Force Report
Common Cause	Position on Election Reform [no longer available]
Chaum, David	Secret-Ballot Receipts and Transparent Integrity: Better and Less-Costly Electronic Voting at Polling Places
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)	Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues (Congressional Research Service)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)	Voting Systems Performance and Test Standards: an Overview
Herrnson, Paul S. University of Maryland Center for American Politics and Citizenhsip	A Study of Voting Technology and Ballot Design
Jones, Douglas W.University of Iowa, Department of Computer Science	Building Trust and Confidence: Why Trustworthy Voting Systems Require Institutionalized Distrust
Kolwicz, Al Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results (CAMBER)	How Should We Vote?
McBurnett, Neal	Disclosure of Software for Voting Systems
	Internet Voting: Issues and Legislation (Congressional Research Service)
Rubin, Avi	Analysis of an Electronic Voting System
Saltman, Roy G.	Auditability of Non-Ballot, Poll-Site Voting Systems