1. Hardware Independent Voting Systems

2. Caveats I am not talking about nor endorsing internet voting (or the slippery slope to lead to it) There are many variations on the setup of what I am talking about We need to begin to understand the implications of this

3. What I Know THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS NOT SUSTAINABLE!!!

4. Current Situation Jurisdictions use Hardware specific systems Most systems purchased just before or just after passage of HAVA in 2002 Systems are getting older and need continued and increasing maintenance States & Counties don’t have money Safe to assume no money is coming

5. What does this look like? Voting specific software that displays a ballot and allows the ballot to be marked Software can be loaded onto COTS hardware Tabulation can be achieved in a variety of ways

6. Oregon Example

7. What does this do? Eliminates the need for expensive hardware maintenance contracts Takes advantage of newest COTS hardware technology Could limit cost and time of testing Fixes and upgrades more readily available

8. Challenges Setup is akin to component certification Current standards and program not setup to handle this How to handle COTS Election official IT support More...