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NIST Common Data Format Workshop Lowell Finley Deputy Secretary of State Voting Systems Technology and Policy California Secretary of State Debra Bowen.

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1 NIST Common Data Format Workshop Lowell Finley Deputy Secretary of State Voting Systems Technology and Policy California Secretary of State Debra Bowen

2 Two warnings about what follows I am not a techie I am a lawyer

3 What I wish for in a common data layer Integrity Transparency Auditability Works from cradle to cryogenic capsule

4 Integrity Accurate Tamper resistant Tamper evident

5 Transparency Horizontally  Data transfer within a device or function Vertically  Date transfer between functions Voter registration to pollbook Precinct tabulator to central tabulator Central tally to results reporting module Reporting module to press, public, scholars

6 Auditability At each point of transfer By different potential auditors  Elections officials  Courts  Public  Scholars

7 From cradle to... Voter registration Candidate registration Precincting Ballot definition Voting (in all forms) and tallying functions Results reporting Auditing

8 ... Walt's frozen head Permanent storage of all available data from every election Not a morbid wish Not a pipe dream Intact data available when we need to defrost it

9 Three Take Aways No technical training Transparency at multiple stages Walt's cryogenic capsule


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