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Handbook for VVSG 2.0 Usability and Accessibility Test Strategies

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Author(s)

Whitney Quesenbery, Sharon J. Laskowski

Abstract

This document provides guidance and resources for how to test voting systems against the usability and accessibility requirements in the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.0. The requirements include Principles 2.2 and 5 through 8. The goal of those requirements is to ensure that voting systems certified to VVSG 2.0 are accessible and usable for election workers and voters—including voters with disabilities—so that every voter can mark, review, cast, and verify their ballot independently and privately. The primary audiences for this guide are the voting system test laboratory organizations who perform certification testing, to help them understand some of the specialized tests required, and organizations in the design and development process as they build and prepare a voting system for certification testing.
Citation
OTHER - VTS 400-5
Report Number
VTS 400-5
NIST Pub Series
Other
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.VTS.400-5
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Keywords

accessibility testing, human factors, user-centered design, usability testing, Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, voting systems, voting system certification, VVSG.
Voting systems, Usability and human factors and Information technology

Citation

Quesenbery, W. and Laskowski, S. (2023), Handbook for VVSG 2.0 Usability and Accessibility Test Strategies, OTHER, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.VTS.400-5, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=936195 (Accessed October 20, 2025)

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Created January 25, 2023
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