Election Assistance Commission

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Election Assistance Commission
United States
Testing Certification Division
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Registered Manufacturers

• Avante International Technology, Inc.
• Dominion Voting Systems Corp.
• Election Systems Software, Inc. (ESS)
• Everyone Counts, Inc.
• Hart InterCivic, Inc.
• MicroVote General Corp.
• N.V. Nederlansche Apparatenfabriek Nedap
• Precise Voting LLC.
• Premier Election Solutions, Inc.
• Scytl Secure Electronic Voting S.A.
• TruVote International
• Unisyn Voting Solutions

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Systems Currently In Testing
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Manufacturer Voting System (Name/Version) Testing Standard VSTL Testing Application Test Plans (Status/Current Version/Date) Test Reports (Status/Current Version/Date) Certification Status
Dominion Sequoia WinEDS 4.0 2002 VSS SLI Global 08/09/2007 Approved Ver. 1.3 08/23/2011 n/a Currently under testing
Dominion Democracy 2005 VVSG Wyle 04/19/2010 Draft Rev. C 11/30/2011 n/a Currently under testing - Certification Testing Timeline
ESS Unity 3.2.0.0 Rev. 2 (Modification) 2005 VVSG Wyle 04/15/2011 Approved Rev. A 05/10/2011 Draft Rev. A 05/31/2011 Currently under testing
ESS Unity 3.3.0.0 (Modification) 2005 VVSG Wyle 05/20/2011 Draft Rev. C 10/24/2011 n/a Currently under testing
ESS Unity 3.4.0.0 (Modification) 2005 VVSG Wyle 07/29/2011 Draft Rev. A 09/30/2011 n/a Currently under testing
ESS Unity 3.2.1.0 Rev. 1 (Modification) 2005 VVSG Wyle 07/29/2011 Draft Test Plan 10/04/2011 n/a Currently under testing
ESS EVS 5.0.0.0 2005 VVSG Wyle 12/02/2011 n/a n/a n/a
Precise AEVS Ver. 1.0 2005 VVSG Wyle 05/23/2011 n/a n/a n/a
Unisyn OpenElect v.1.1 Modification 2005 VVSG Wyle 07/28/2011 Draft Rev. A 11/17/2011 n/a Currently under testing
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Certification Related Activities - 2011

• Certified one full system and one modification
  (ESS Unity 3.2.1.0 and Unisyn 1.01)
• Initiated one Formal Investigation (ESS Unity
  3.2.0.0)
• Ongoing testing during FY 2011 for 12 voting
  systems or system modifications.
• EAC staff held meeting with Dominion Voting
  Systems and Wyle Labs to familiarize all parties
  with the Dominion ICE system currently beginning
  testing at Wyle.
• Timelines for ESS Unity 5.0 and Dominion Test
  campaigns developed.

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Quality Monitoring
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• Fielded System Review and Testing
• Upon invitation or with the permission of a State
  or local election authority, the EAC may, at its
  discretion, conduct a review of fielded voting
  systems.
• Review may include the testing of a fielded
  system, if deemed necessary.
• Any anomalies found during this review and
  testing will be provided to the election
  jurisdiction, the Manufacturer and any other
  jurisdiction using the affected system.

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Fielded System Review Example

• Cuyahoga County 2010
• During pre-election logic and accuracy (LA)
  testing prior to the May 4, 2010 Primary Election
  the DS200 demonstrated intermittent screen
  freezes, system lockups and shutdowns.
• EAC was notified of the anomaly before the
  Primary election and contacted Cuyahoga County
  and other jurisdictions that use the same system,
  as well as ESS to gather information. After
  determining that the information related to the
  freeze/shutdown issue was valid, opened an
  Informal Inquiry into the issue.
• EAC staff had numerous discussions with Cuyahoga
  County, ESS, and the VSTL for the Unity 3.2.0.0
  system. In addition, in order to determine the
  potential extent of the problem, EAC also
  contacted other jurisdictions using the DS200
  including, Orange, Miami-Dade, Escambia, Clay,
  Collier and Pasco Counties in Florida, the
  Wisconsin Government Accountability Board and the
  New York State Board of Elections.
• Formal Investigation initiated in February 25,
  2011.

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Manufacturing Facility Reviews

• 8.5. Manufacturing Site Review. Facilities that
  produce certified voting systems will be reviewed
  periodically, at the discretion of the EAC, to
  verify that the system being manufactured,
  shipped, and sold is the same as the sample
  submitted for certification testing. All
  registered Manufacturers must cooperate with such
  audits as a condition of program participation.
• 8.5.2. Frequency. At a minimum, at least one
  manufacturing facility of a registered
  Manufacturer shall be subject to a site review at
  least once every 4 years.
• As of June 1, 2010, EAC has conducted
  manufacturing facility reviews of
• Unisyn Voting Solutions, Vista, California
  (manufacturing observation 11/15-16-2011)
• ESS Ricoh Electronics, Inc. Facility,
  Tustin, California

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Field Anomaly Reporting
8.7. Field Anomaly Reporting. As another means
of gathering field data, the EAC will collect
information from election officials who field
EAC-certified voting systems. Information on
actual voting system field performance is a basic
means for assessing the effectiveness of the
Certification Program and of the quality of the
manufacturing process. The EAC provides a
mechanism for election officials to provide
real-world input on voting system anomalies.
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New for 2011 More and Better Ways to Serve the
Election Community

• Revised Division Monthly E-Newsletter with more
  specific certification related information.
• Experiments with Twitter Feeds to election
  officials seeking specific information on systems
  in under test.
• Virtual Review Tool (VRT) development.
  Server-side web application designed by Testing
  and Certification Division staff to serve as a
  central location for reviewing Test Plans, Test
  Cases and Test Reports submitted by VSTLs.
  Allows VSTLs and EAC Technical Reviewers have
  ability to upload store and directly link files
  to requirements and serves as an electronic
  record of each test engagement. Application has
  secure login and is FISMA/508 compliant.
• Staff customer service representatives assigned
  to each State and territory.
• Hancock Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio
• Myers Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Kentucky,
  Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, N. S.
  Dakota.

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Testing Certification Division Information Via
Web Links

• Program information available at www.eac.gov
• EAC Testing and Certification Program Manual
• EAC Laboratory Accreditation Program Manual
• 2005 VVSG Version 1.0
• Draft VVSG Version 1.1
• Test plans/Test reports/Certified System
  Information
• Accredited test laboratories