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"Paperless E-Voting Era Ends"
Beginning on Jan. 1, every e-voting machine in California will be required
to produce a paper trail in a move that many believe signals the beginning
of the end for paperless e-voting. The paper trails will support an
automatic recount of 1 percent of California's precincts, and will be used ... - http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2006-8/0106f.html#item10
"Panel Urges Paper Record of Electronic Votes"
A Virginia legislative subcommittee has recommended that the state test a
voting system that creates a paper trail to verify the accuracy of
electronic machines, though paper trails may be unnecessary if the
electronic machines in a pilot program prove reliable. Subcommittee ...
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"State Law Would Mandate Following E-Vote Paper Trail"
The California Senate voted unanimously on Aug. 29 to pass a bill requiring
e-voting systems to include a paper trail, which was conceived by
computer scientists as a safeguard against election fraud or voting errors.
"People need and deserve to know their votes have been counted accurately, ... - http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2005-7/0923f.html#item1
"Paper Trail Urged as E-Voting Fix"
The Commission on Federal Election Reform concluded five months of
deliberation this week by recommending a congressional mandate for the
inclusion of voter-verifiable paper audit trails (VVPATs) in electronic
voting machines by 2008. At the same time, the commission recognized that ...
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"Paper Makes a Comeback as Electronic Elections Spur Opposition"
The last two presidential elections, with their close, highly contested
outcomes, have convinced voting-rights organizations and computer
scientists that a paper trail must be established to ensure the validity of
the final numbers and voters' protection against electoral fraud or ... - http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2005-7/0420w.html#item2
"Carter-Baker Commission Weighs U.S. Voting Changes"
Underfunding and a lack of paper ballots were some of the problems with
America's voting system cited by witnesses appearing before a commission
headed by former president Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James
A. Baker III at an April 18 hearing. "The lack of money is the single most ... - http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2005-7/0617f.html#item3
"Momentum Builds for Election Reform"
Voting problems associated with the elections of 2000 and 2004 have sparked
a movement among dozens of states to enact changes to their election
processes. A task force composed of local and state election officials has
issued a 72-page report recommending several changes to the election ... - http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2005-7/0622w.html#item1
"Senators Question E-Voting Paper Trail"
Senators Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.) both expressed
opposition to establishing a paper trail for election ballots by hooking
printers up to direct electronic recording machines (DRE). Lott is
principally concerned with the increased chance of the election day ... - http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2005-7/0624f.html#item2
"Election Auditing Is an End-to-End Procedure"
Electronic voting machines are becoming more accurate, as the most
significant drops from 2000 to 2004 in the residual vote rate, which
measures uncounted votes, occurred in states that rely on electronic
methods of ballot casting. Due to lackluster record-keeping, though, ... - http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2005-7/0629w.html#item4
"County Moves Ahead With New E-Voting System"
On Tuesday, Alameda County supervisors approved the continued use of
Diebold's touch-screen electronic voting machines. The county will
negotiate a $5.4 million contract for Diebold's TSx machines, which come
with printers attached to create paper verification, for the next ... - http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2005-7/0715f.html#item5
"E-Voting: Paper Trail Versus Transparency"
Johns Hopkins University computer science professor Avi Rubin and
VerifiedVoting's David Dill discuss the relative value of transparent
e-voting systems and a verifiable voter paper receipt (VVPR), the latter of
which has been receiving most of the attention. Dill ranks publicly ... - http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2005-7/0718m.html#item3
"N.J. to Get E-Voting Paper Trail, But Not Until 2008"
Acting New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey last week passed a new law requiring
all electronic touchpad voting systems in the state to provide a
voter-verifiable paper record, but critics complain the law does not go
into effect until Jan. 1, 2008. "That doesn't protect people for the next ...
- www.vote.caltech.edu/media/documents/wps/vtp_wp12.pdf
The SAVE System: Secure Architecture for Voting Electronically
Existing technology is capable of yielding secure, reliable, and auditable
voting systems. This system outlines an architecture based on redundancy
at each stage of the ballot submission process that is resistant to
external hacking and internal insertion of malicious code. The proposed
architecture addresses all layers of the system beyond the point when a
voter commits the ballot. These steps include the verification of
eligibility to vote, authentication, and aggregation of the vote. A
redundant electronic audit trail keeps track of all of the votes and
messages received, rendering a physical paper trail unnecessary.