Review of UOCAVA Roadmap

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Review of UOCAVA Roadmap

• Nelson Hastings
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• http//vote.nist.gov

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Background

• The National Defense Authorization Act of 2009
  required the EAC to submit a report to Congress
  within 180 days after enactment if EAC has not
  established electronic absentee voting
  guidelines
• The report outlines a deliberative and iterative
  approach to develop guidelines for electronic
  absentee voting systems
• This presentation provides a context for current
  and future TGDC UOCAVA activities with respect to
  roadmap found in the report

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Who Conducts Roadmap Activities

• Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
• Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC)
• DoD Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
  (NIST)

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NIST Activities

• Documents released for public comment
• NISTIR 7682 Information System Security Best
  Practices for UOCAVA-Supporting Systems April
  2010
• NISTIR 7711 Security Best Practices for the
  Electronic Transmission of Election Materials
  June 2010
• Security Considerations for Remote Electronic
  UOCAVA Voting June 2010

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FVAP Activities

• Detail the extent and nature of UOCAVA voter
  success and the applicability of historical
  programs to address the causes of lower success
  rate
• May 2010
• This information to be included in 2008 Post
  Election Survey Report
• Wizard applications for 2010 election
• Federal Postcard Application Wizard April 2010
• Online Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot Wizard
  June 2010
• Online Ballot Delivery and Marking Wizard Fall
  2010
• FVAP Metrics
• December 2010

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FVAP Activities

• Lessons learned analysis from 2010 election
• Spring 2011
• FVAP in the process of collecting information
• Pilot projects for 2012 election
• November 2012
• FVAP in the process of identifying appropriate
  pilot projects
• Lessons learned analysis from 2012 election
• Spring 2013

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EAC Activities

• Testable guidelines for kiosk-based remote voting
  pilot projects
• April 2010
• The guidelines were completed by an EAC working
  group
• Collect and compile information on previous
  international Internet voting efforts
• August 2010
• The EAC has compiled most of the information
• Final report to be released Spring 2011

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EAC Activities

• Risk management
• Spring 2011
• EAC/NIST developing an approach to work with
  election officials
• Identify possible 2012 pilot projects for TGDC
  developed material
• Spring 2011

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Joint Activities

• NIST, EAC, and FVAP
• UOCAVA Solutions Summit August 2010
• Provide EACs advisory boards with information
  about legal, technical, and policy issues
  associated with remote electronic voting systems
  March 2011
• EAC and FVAP
• Review of 2010 state activities for UOCAVA voters
  April 2011

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TGDC Activities

• Draft Accessibility and Usability Considerations
  for Remote Electronic UOCAVA Voting
• June 2010
• The Accessibility and Usability working group has
  addressed this task
• Update existing EAC UOCAVA best practices
  documents
• December 2010
• The EAC will address this task without the
  assistance of the UOCAVA working group and TGDC
• Develop high-level, non-testable guidelines for
  remote electronic absentee voting systems
• Spring 2011
• The UOCAVA working group has addressed this task

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TGDC Activities (2)

• Develop common data format specification for
  blank ballot delivery systems
• Fall 2011
• NIST has developed a proposed approach
• Develop supporting materials for 2012 pilot
  projects
• Spring 2012
• The UOCAVA working group began work to help
  identify possible pilot projects
• Provide technical support in analysis of lessons
  learned from pilot projects
• Spring 2013
• Develop draft guidelines for remote electronic
  absentee voting systems

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Discussion
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