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Observatorio Electoral Latino Americano Biblioteca

A paper on the modernization of the electoral process in spanish - Modernización del Proceso Electoral: Voto Electrónico - by Juan Rial

Research Group Internet Voting

Information on e-voting issues in english and german.

DRE and Optical Scan

A paper about the "Characteristics of Optical Scan and DRE Voting Equipment: What Features Should Be Tested?" by Paul S. Herrnson, Richard. G. Niemi, Scott Richman. (PDF format)

Draft recommendations on Standards on E-Voting by the Council of Europe (polling place e-voting, remote e-voting)

The draft recommendation from the Multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Group of Specialists on legal, operational and technical standards for e-enabled voting (IP1-S-EE) entrusted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe with the task of developing a set of standards which could be used as a reference by member states considering the introduction of e-voting systems. This draft recommendation is expected to be submitted to the Committee of Ministers in autumn 2004 to be discussed in view to be adopted. The expected output will be a set of legal and operational standards and core technical requirements for e-voting likely to be followed by the ICT industry. The legal standards are intended to apply the principles of existing Council of Europe and other international instruments in the field of elections to the circumstances of e-voting.

Website of the "Irish citizens for trustworthy e-voting"

 

Website of Rebecca Mercuri, an American e-voting expert

 

Verified Voting

A US non-profit organization, asking for the use of voter-verified paper ballots in the United States

Cast a Vote by Yourself: A Review of Accessible Voting Machines

AccessWorld, November 2002, Volume 3, Number 6, Product Evaluation.

Guide to voting equipment usability and accessibility for people with disabilities, California.

 

Election System Problems for People with Disabilities

 

Accessible Voting

Voting Systems For: Average Citizens, The Aging Population and People with Disabilities.

Evaluation of Voting Systems

The Chair of the EAC (US Federal Election Assistance Commission) recently asked the technical community for assistance in determining a new standard. The performance properties for voting systems might include: integrity of the votes (both voter verification, "I can check that my vote was captured correctly" and public verification, "anyone can check that all recorded votes were counted correctly"); ballot secrecy (both voter privacy and resistance to vote selling and coercion); robustness (including resistance to denial of service attacks); usability and accuracy (including access for the disabled); and transparency (both of mechanism and election data).

E-Voting News and Analysis, from the Experts