1. Privacy that is Assured Through Transparency
Lillie Coney
National Committee for Voting Integrity
Washington, DC

2. Privacy and Public Elections
Voter Privacy
Fighting Fraud & Voter Intimidation
Secret Ballots
Voting Compartment Spacing
Laws outlawing Vote Buying and Voter Coercion
Changes in Poll Place Practices

3. Elections and Privacy Voter Registration Voter’s Actions
Bumper Stickers
Yard Signs
Casting a Vote
Public Information
Voters who voted
Totals for the Smallest Political Subdivision

4. So Why the Fuss About Privacy?
Efficacy and legitimacy of Government
Peaceful transition of power
Remove obstacles to political participation
Discourage aberrant political activity

5. Election Privacy is Still an Issue
Lynne Gobbell an employee of Enviromate was fired because she placed a Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker on her car (The Providence Journal 9/19/04 Pg. E-09)
In Wisconsin 30 of 94 vehicles intended for use on Election Day by the Bush-Cheney re-election effort had their tires slashed (Chicago Tribune 11/3/04 Pg. 16)

6. Transparency and Elections
Good Government Efforts by Citizens
Clean Up Government
End Corruption
Restore Confidence in Elections
Ensure direct elections

7. Transparency is not... Finding agreement Seeking approval
Getting Conscienses
An admission of guilt

8. Problems Brewing Over Transparency
When more effort is placed on scripting than reporting events
Technical language that limit communication
When it is not a state of mind supported by policy and implementation procedures
The Internet makes transparency much easier and privacy much harder

9. Transparency and Voting Technology
Have it in mind from the start of R&D
Finding the solution is hard, but convincing non-technologists of its validity and value is much harder
If you can explain it to a notice without making them feel put out or put down then you have achieved the goal of transparency

10. What are the Challenges Today?
Technology complicates the goal of transparency
Technologists communicate well with other technologists
Election officials communicate well with other election officials
Voting rights advocates communicate well with other voting rights advocates
How do they speak with each other?

11. Nexus of Privacy and Transparency
Voting is a private matter with public import
Constituencies of public elections must have buy into the process
Trust that voters must have to engage the process means they must trust the message and the messengers
Technology challenges transparency

12. The Answer is Mutuality
Sympathy
Empathy
Support
Affinity

13. Sympathy
Election Officials have the hard job they must conduct elections with the hand they have been dealt.
Voting Rights Advocates have recognized the imperfections of the election process with little attention or assistance.

14. Empathy Not all Election officials share the same perspectives
Not all voting rights organizations have the same view of voting technology
How to create common ground to enter into a dialogue that will help when it is time to advance beta tests, research efforts and

15. Support How can you help? Election Officials Voting Rights Advocates
Policy Makers
Candidates
Voters
Media

16. Affinity We all want good elections
We may not all do everything extremely well, but the best effort should be assumed to be the case.
Finding the resources within the community to bridge communication gaps is essential.

17. Some States are Outsourcing
Accenture: Florida, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Wisconsin and Wyoming
Arkansas, Nebraska New Mexico have selected voting equipment manufacturers

18. The Only Game in Town U.S. Election Assistance Commission AKA EAC
First office opened in April 2004, with a budget of $1.5 million
Budget of over $3 Billion to give to states
No authority to enforce voting rules that they determine may be necessary

19. Where are the Technologists?
Doing research
Attending events
Writing papers
Doing lectures

20. Who are you speaking to? Other Technologists Election Officials Media
Policy Makers
Elected Officials

21. Who is missing?
Voting Rights Advocates
Civil Rights Advocates

22. National Committee for Voting Integrity
Lillie Coney
Associate Director
Electronic Privacy information Center