Research Catalog

Title

Asking the right questions about electronic voting / Richard Celeste, Dick Thornburgh, and Herbert Lin, editors ; Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2006

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Additional Authors

• Celeste, Richard F.
• Thornburgh, Dick
• Lin, Herbert.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Description

xiv, 148 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Many election officials look to electronic voting systems as a means for improving their ability to more effectively conduct and administer elections. At the same time, many information technologists and activists have raised important concerns regarding the security of such systems. Policy makers are caught in the midst of a controversy with both political and technological overtones. The public debate about electronic voting is characterized by a great deal of emotion and rhetoric. Asking the Right Questions About Electronic Voting describes the important questions and issues that election officials, policy makers, and informed citizens should ask about the use of computers and information technology in the electoral process--focusing the debate on technical and policy issues that need resolving. The report finds that while electronic voting systems have improved, federal and state governments have not made the commitment necessary for e-voting to be widely used in future elections. More funding, research, and public education are required if e-voting is to become viable."--Publisher's website.

Alternative Title

Electronic voting

Subject

• Electronic voting > United States
• Elections > United States > Data processing
• Voting > Technological innovations

Note

• "This study was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Award Number IIS-0436133.)"--Colophon p.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via world wide web

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• committed to retain

Contents

1. The electoral system -- 1.1. The electoral process -- 1.2. Scale of the electoral system -- 1.3. Observations -- 2. Public confidence in elections -- 2.1. The relationship between democracy and elections -- 2.2. Legitimacy in a democracy -- 2.3. Desiderata for elections -- 3. Voting technologies -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Electronic voting systems in use today -- 3.3. The larger context -- 4. Technology issues -- 4.1. Information technology for voter registration -- 4.2. Information technology for voting -- 4.2.1. Approaching the acquisition process -- 4.2.2. Security -- 4.2.3. Usability and human factors engineering -- 4.2.4. Reconciling security and usability -- 5. Life-cycle and training issues -- 5.1. The life cycle for information technology systems -- 5.2. Poll worker training -- 6. The broader context of electronic voting -- 6.1. The end-to-end nature of the electoral process -- 6.2. Data issues -- 6.3. Public confidence in elections -- 6.4. Testing, certification, and evaluation -- 6.5. Funding and sustaining improvement -- 6.6. Election institutions -- 6.7. The role of the private sector in election administration -- 6.8. Research questions -- 7. Findings and conclusions -- Appendixes -- A. Glossary -- B. Committee and staff biographies -- C. Contributors to the study -- What is CSTB?

ISBN

0309100240

OCLC

• 65188502
• SCSB-10670281

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library