E-voting

Slides

• Title

• Elections in the United States
• -- The Federal Role
• ---- The State of Iowa
• -- The State Role
• ---- Johnson County
• -- The County Role
• -- The Election Cycle
• -- A Typical General Election
• ---- Example Ballots
• ---- Example Ballots

• A Brief History of Voting Systems
• -- Lever Machines
• ---- Illustration
• -- Punched Card Voting Machines
• ---- Illustration
• -- Optical Mark Sense Voting Machines
• ---- Illustration
• -- Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machines
• ---- Illustration
• -- Risk Assessment

• Regulation and Certification of Voting Systems
• -- The Federal Role
• -- Independent Testing Authorities
• -- State Board of Examiners

• Weaknesses of the system in the United States
• -- Problems with the Federal standards
• -- Weak state regulations
• -- Pervasive Problems

• What we need in the United States
• -- An Open Source Voting System
• -- Open Standards for Ballot Transmission

• Afterword