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.
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- NIST and the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA)
- NVLAP - Laboratory Accreditation
- Public Comments & Position Statements
- Publications
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- Test Development for Voting Systems Expand or Collapse
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.
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TEST ASSERTIONS
Recent Past Events
- TGDC Meeting - September 11-12, 2017
- TGDC Meeting - February 13-14, 2017
- TGDC Meeting: September 15-16, 2016
- TGDC Meeting: February 8-9, 2016
- NIST-EAC Public Working Group Kickoff Meeting (Wednesday, 11/18/2015):
- For anyone who missed the meeting, a copy of the webinar is available at here.
- 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]
- TGDC Meeting, July 20-21, 2015
- The Future of Voting Symposium II; February 9-10, 2015
- Materials from past TGDC Meetings can be found here
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