Is The Federal Voting Systems Qualification System Broken?
With Ellen Theisen, Executive Director of VotersUnite.Org In the past month two separate incidents took place that call into question whether the present voting systems qualification process is functional and whether the Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) knows what is going on around them. The most recent incident, and probably the most troubling, is the sudden appearance on the Election Assistance Commission webpage of a document entitled,”Testing and Certification Process for Voting Systems”. This undated and unsigned document is a testament to the EACs misunderstanding of what is happening on their watch. This document talks about the history of the qualification/certification process, how the process functions, and what the future is for the process. It makes the following claim: “Today, voting systems are tested by ITAs (Independent Testing Authority) against the 2002 Voting System Standards It is apparent that the authors of this document have never looked at the NASED (Natio
