How secure is the TruVote software?
TruVote implements and security and accuracy requirements for the 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. Click here to view the Guidelines. The TruVote system uses industry standard public/private keys such as used for legal and financial information to digitally sign all date in the system. Election officials have direct management and control of the private keys to insure all voting transactions are authorized and when signed, any attempts to change the records are immediately detected. In addition, a voter verified paper ballot of the voters race selections is also generated by the TruVote system. This paper ballot is cast by the voter into a secure ballot box and is the legal record of the vote. The TruVote audit system assists election officials in the audit processes required by voting legislation. The TruVote provides a Direct Independent System as defined in the 2005 Voting System Guidelines. Guidelines Volume I section C.1.2.4 describes Direct Independent Systems which provi
