Who establishes voting system standards?
The development and promulgation of voting system standards is a collaboration headed by the U.S. Federal Election Commission but also involving: • experts in developing standards • State technical experts in voting equipment • Members of the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) • Independent testing authorities designated by NASED, and • The Election Center (in its capacity as secretariat for NASED). The proposed standards resulting from this joint effort are published for review and comments are sought from election officials, from designers and manufacturers of voting systems, from concerned interest groups, and from interested members of the general public. After appropriate corrections and changes, the standards then must be approved by a majority vote of the Federal Election Commission.
