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http://www.ss.ca.gov/executive/press_releases/2005/05_111.pdfSecretary of State Bruce McPherson Outlines New Efforts to Ensure Voter Confidence and the Integrity of Every Vote Cast
Secretary McPherson Announces Statewide Electronic Voting System Requirements and New Office of Voting System Technology
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The new conditions for any vendor applying for certification of voting equipment throughout California provide a step-by-step process that identifies how a voting system will be examined to ensure accuracy, security and usability. For the first time, California will have a strict and clearly articulated list of benchmarks that voting systems and their manufacturers will need to meet to be able to be certified for use in California. These requirements will be codified into state regulation.
In a memo sent to county elections officials and all vendors currently certified by the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Secretary McPherson noted that he will not consider voting systems unless the vendors or products have:
1. Been federally certified by the EAC-approved independent testing authorities
2. Provided full documentation and training materials of all related system materials, including promotional materials
3. Provided comprehensive use procedures applicable to California elections
4. Established a county user group for annual system review and to ensure voter accessibility
5. Deposited source code in an approved escrow facility and a copy of the source code and binary executables with his office
6. Agreed to provide the Secretary of State a working version of the system components, upon request, for testing and analysis
7. Been certified to be used together as a comprehensive system if the components have been independently certified
8. Agreed to be combined only for purposes of aggregating vote totals or laying out their ballot types
9. Provided printing specifications for any ballots to be used with the components
10. Agreed to volume testing to simulate Election Day use.
#5 is no small advance. Still, DRE's are still vulnerable.
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