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DECEMBER 9-10, 2009
Gaithersburg, Maryland
TECHNICAL GUIDELINES DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Commissioner Donetta Davidson
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•Areas EAC needs TGDC’s guidance on were determined by:
–Public comments.
•EAC conducted a 180-day public comment period.
•EAC received over 2000 comments from a variety of stakeholders.
–7 Roundtables that included:
•Election Officials.
•Advocacy Community.
•Accessibility Community.
•Academics and Security Community.
•Manufacturers.
•Test Labs.
TGDC VVSG 2.0 Taskings for 2010
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–Congressional mandates.
–Input from NIST regarding research needs.
–Also, formal Resolutions and Motions from EAC Boards who, underHAVA, are required to review the VVSG.
•Board of Advisors.
–32 member board made up of representatives appointed by the State and localelection community, advocacy organizations, Congress, State governmentorganizations and other federal agencies.
•Standards Board.
–110 members made up of State and local election officials from each of the 50States and 5 territories.
TGDC VVSG 2.0 Taskings for 2010 (continued)
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•Alternatives to Software Independence (SI) – EAC directs the TGDCto develop draft requirements for audit methods to achieve the goal of SoftwareIndependence (SI). The goal is to develop requirements for the auditability of theelection system without requiring a specific technology. The starting point forthese requirements should be the work already completed by NIST on alternativesto SI.
•Common Data Format requirements – EAC directs the TGDC toresearch the possible implementation of a common data format for voting systemsin order to allow for a more wide-open market solution to voting system concernsand to allow for the possibility of conformance testing of interoperable votingsystem components. The goal would be the creation and inclusion of basic commondata format requirements in VVSG 2.0.
TGDC VVSG 2.0 Taskings for 2010 (continued)
As the Designated Federal Officer
I am to advise you of the tasks EAC requiresyour assistance in developing.
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•Vote by Phone requirements – EAC directs the TGDC to develop draftrequirements for Vote-by-Phone systems. Currently VVSG 2.0 does not haverequirements geared to vote by phone specifically and several jurisdictions areusing this technology. The starting point for these requirements should be thework already completed by NIST on Vote-by-Phone systems.
•Accessibility and Usability Research update – EAC directs theTGDC to continue ongoing research and requirements updates to the usabilityperformance benchmarks already contained in the draft version of VVSG 2.0.
TGDC VVSG 2.0 Taskings for 2010 (continued)
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•Registration Database and Epollbook Requirements – EAC directsthe TGDC to create draft requirements for testing epollbooks and epollbookinterfaces to Voter Registration (VR) Databases for possible expansion of therequirements in VVSG 2.0 to include greater epollbook requirements. Many statesand jurisdictions have asked the EAC to look into the development of theserequirements as all states are required to create a VR database and many areleveraging the technology of epollbooks.
•Ballot on Demand Requirements – EAC directs the TGDC to developbasic requirements for ballot on demand system focusing on accuracy andfunctionality. Currently VVSG 2.0 has no requirements for BOD systems.
TGDC VVSG 2.0 Taskings for 2010 (continued)
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•Open Ended Vulnerability Testing (OEVT) – EAC directs the TGDC todevelop new requirements for OEVT testing to update the requirements alreadypresent in VVSG 2.0. This effort should look into the applicability and intersectionof OEVT testing and current conformance testing. The focus of this researchshould be on improving the requirements in VVSG 2.0 to offer more consistenttesting across test campaigns.
•Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act(UOCAVA) Requirements - TGDC is tasked with the development ofguidelines for the testing and certification of electronic absentee voting systems.The EAC is tasking the TGDC with this in order to meet the statutory mandates ofthe 2005 Defense Reauthorization Act which requires the EAC to certify to theSecretary of Defense guidelines to be used to develop an electronic absentee votingsystem for use by UOCAVA voters. Three laws actually reference developingremote access voting:
•Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
•Electronic Voting Demonstration Project
•Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE Act)
TGDC VVSG 2.0 Taskings for 2010 (continued)
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•There will be more extensive discussion regarding all of thesetopics as you move through the Agenda.
•Again, I want to thank you for lending your expertise to the vitalwork of the TGDC.
•Our goal is to ensure that American citizens can exercise theirright to vote, and do so on a secure, accurate, and accessiblesystem.
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