1. Certification and Testing: Where Do We Go From Here?
United States
Election Assistance Commission
Certification and Testing: Where Do We Go From Here?
Panel Presentation - EVN
Washington, DC– March 11, 2016

2. Why VVSG Working Group Model?
From EAC perspective, it’s all about “more…”
More inclusive
More transparent
More timely
More innovative minds
More relevant for election administrators
More helping hands

3. Where do we go from here? Challenges….
Coping with the new reality of trying to define what a voting system is….
Our older conceptual models of a “voting system” are being replaced with the realities of the much broader “election system” with less clear boundaries. (e-pollbooks, Ballot on demand, UOCAVA/Absentee ballot delivery, auditing systems….)
Is the current “certification envelope” a sustainable strategy for the future?

4. Where do we go from here? Challenges….
COTS….
From testing perspective, COTS product testing market driven, not statutory or rule based as in voting.
More research needs to be done on appropriate levels of COTS testing.
Significant dependencies on availability of testing and QA information from COTS manufacturers.
New VVSG requirements should focus more on product/system interface level and on functional characteristics. (What system should do instead of how it should do it….)

5. Where do we go from here? Challenges….
Additional new ways to assist State and local jurisdictions:
RFP/RFI review and comment.
Pursuing ways to educate and assist election officials into becoming more comfortable in their role as IT manage.
Manufacturer Quality audits.
Manufacturing facility audits.

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