Elections And Technology

United States: A Security Analysis of the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE)

A review and critique of computer and communication security issues in the SERVE voting system (Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment), an Internet-based voting system developed for the U.S. Department of Defense’s FVAP (Federal Voting Assistance Program).

Switzerland: Addressing the Secure Platform Problem for Remote Internet Voting

A report commissioned by the State of Geneva, Switzerland, on the security implications of internet voting.

Challenges of Election Technologies and Procedures (OSCE 2005)

Report from the first OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) of 2005 devoted to the topic of elections and entitled “Challenges of Election Technologies and Procedures”. The meeting took place 21-22 April in Vienna, and brought together 212 participants, including 35 representatives of 27 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

Electronic Voting Systems - UNDP DGP-NET Consolidated REPLY

 

Electronic voting - The trouble with technology (The Economist)

The following article "Electronic voting - The trouble with technology" appeared on the Sep 16th 2004 issue of the The Economist print edition:

Harry Neufeld: Computerizing Election Adminstration (1994)

The paper "Computerizing Election Adminstration" presented by Harry Neufeld for IFES at the "African Election Administrators Colloquium" held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe in November 1994.

Internet Voting System Requirements

A presentation and discussion of 16 voting system requirements that support fail-safe privacy, verifiable security and tamper-proof ballots, produced by Ed Gerck of Safevote, Inc. in 2001.

United States: Examining Internet Voting in Washington

A paper by David M. Elliott, Assistant Director of Elections, examining Internet Voting in the State of Washington.

United States: Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002

Copy of the Public Law 107–252—OCT. 29, 2002 - Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002

United States: Electronic Voting System Approval Manual

 

United States: Analysis of an Electronic Voting System (2004)

The paper "Analysis of an Electronic Voting System" by Tadayoshi Kohno, Adam Stubblefield, Aviel D. Rubin and Dan S. Wallach (February 2004)

India: Description of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM)

 

United States: Crash and re-boot - the Economist (2006)

The article "Crash and re-boot" from The Economist print edition of 12th October 2006

The Carter Center: Developing a Methodology for Observing Electronic Voting (2007)

On Nov. 2, 2006, The Carter Center hosted the first activity of this initiative—a small workshop of representatives of election observation organizations and e-voting experts aimed at fostering collaborative discussion and the development of a draft methodology for observing electronic voting. This meeting, called “Developing a Draft Methodology for Observing Electronic Voting Technologies,” built on the results of a previous workshop hosted by the Center in 2005 on the challenges posed by electronic voting technologies. Shortly after the November 2006 meeting, The Carter Center deployed a specialized technical mission to Venezuela to observe the use of electronic voting in its Dec. 3, 2006, presidential election and to conduct a preliminary field test of the methodology. Following the Venezuela mission, Carter Center staff and consultants worked to update and revise the methodology. The Center plans to test the draft methodology in at least two additional pilot missions. This short document, with the attached revised draft observation forms, summarizes the discussions of the November 2006 meeting, the methodological findings of the technical mission to Venezuela, and subsequent efforts by Carter Center staff to revise the draft methodology for observing electronic voting.