Voting
The 2002 Help America Vote Act has given NIST a key role in helping to realize nationwide improvements in voting systems. To assist the Election Assistance Commission with the development of voluntary voting system guidelines, HAVA established the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) and directs NIST to chair the TGDC.
NIST and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
NIST research activities include:
- security of computers, computer networks, and computer data storage used in voting systems;
- methods to detect and prevent fraud;
- protection of voter privacy; and
- the role of human factors in the design and application of voting systems, including assistive technologies for individuals with disabilities (including blindness) and varying levels of literacy
- the recommendation for accreditation of testing labs to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The EAC, not NIST, certifies voting systems for use in elections.
HIGHLIGHTS
- NIST-EAC Public Working Group Kickoff Meeting:
Date/Time: Wednesday, 11/18/2015, 3:30 p.m., Eastern Time Conferencing Number: 8007682983 Access Code: 9752816
URL: https://www.callinfo.com/prt?host=level3&an=8007682983&ac=9752816- For anyone who missed the meeting, a copy of the webinar is available at: http://collaborate.nist.gov/voting/pub/Voting/Webinars/2015-11-18-pwg-kickoff-webinar.mp4
- Election WG Workflow and Editing Webinar (Bob Giles, from 2015-11-20 Web Conference) [hands-on intro to this WG and twiki editing in general]
