TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Review of UOCAVA Roadmap Nelson Hastings National Institute of Standards and Technology

TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Page 2 Background The National Defense Authorization Act of 2009 required the EAC to submit a report to Congress within 180 days after enactment if “… EAC has not established electronic absentee voting guidelines” The report outlines a deliberative and iterative approach to develop guidelines for electronic absentee voting systems This presentation provides a context for current and future TGDC UOCAVA activities with respect to roadmap found in the report

TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Page 3 Who Conducts Roadmap Activities Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) DoD Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Page 4 NIST Activities Documents released for public comment NISTIR 7682: Information System Security Best Practices for UOCAVA-Supporting Systems – April 2010 NISTIR 7711: Security Best Practices for the Electronic Transmission of Election Materials – June 2010 Security Considerations for Remote Electronic UOCAVA Voting – June 2010

TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Page 5 FVAP Activities Detail the extent and nature of UOCAVA voter success and the applicability of historical programs to address the causes of lower success rate May 2010 This information to be included in 2008 Post Election Survey Report Wizard applications for 2010 election Federal Postcard Application Wizard – April 2010 Online Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot Wizard – June 2010 Online Ballot Delivery and Marking Wizard – Fall 2010 FVAP Metrics December 2010

TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Page 6 FVAP Activities Lessons learned analysis from 2010 election Spring 2011 FVAP in the process of collecting information Pilot projects for 2012 election November 2012 FVAP in the process of identifying appropriate pilot projects Lessons learned analysis from 2012 election Spring 2013

TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Page 7 EAC Activities Testable guidelines for kiosk-based remote voting pilot projects April 2010 The guidelines were completed by an EAC working group Collect and compile information on previous international Internet voting efforts August 2010 The EAC has compiled most of the information Final report to be released Spring 2011

TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Page 8 EAC Activities Risk management Spring 2011 EAC/NIST developing an approach to work with election officials Identify possible 2012 pilot projects for TGDC developed material Spring 2011

TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Page 9 Joint Activities NIST, EAC, and FVAP UOCAVA Solutions Summit – August 2010 Provide EAC’s advisory boards with information about legal, technical, and policy issues associated with remote electronic voting systems – March 2011 EAC and FVAP Review of 2010 state activities for UOCAVA voters – April 2011

TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Page 10 TGDC Activities Draft Accessibility and Usability Considerations for Remote Electronic UOCAVA Voting June 2010 The Accessibility and Usability working group has addressed this task Update existing EAC UOCAVA best practices documents December 2010 The EAC will address this task without the assistance of the UOCAVA working group and TGDC Develop high-level, non-testable guidelines for remote electronic absentee voting systems Spring 2011 The UOCAVA working group has addressed this task

TGDC Meeting, Jan 2011 Page 11 TGDC Activities (2) Develop common data format specification for blank ballot delivery systems Fall 2011 NIST has developed a proposed approach Develop supporting materials for 2012 pilot projects Spring 2012 The UOCAVA working group began work to help identify possible pilot projects Provide technical support in analysis of lessons learned from pilot projects Spring 2013 Develop draft guidelines for remote electronic absentee voting systems

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