| Title: | Ballot Verifiability and Representation |
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| Area: | Integrity & Robustness |
| Mailing List: | wg.bvp@vspr.org [Subscribe] [Archives] [member post] |
| Chairperson: | Karl Auerbach & David Chaum |
| Scope: | Providing its own parallel responses to particular requests made of NIST by the TDGC (12-05 & 21-05). |
| Deliverables: | Reports to the TGDC in the form of VSPR's RFR's according to the two EAC TGDC resolutions (12-05 & 21-05). |
| Timing Objectives: | Match the timing of the corresponding NIST work. |
| Description: | |
| The TGDC has made requests to NIST detailed below. This working group will endeavor to find its own, hopefully complementary, way to respond to these requests, so that the TGDC will have the benefit of additional and open work related to its requests.
Resolution #12- 05, titled "Voter Verifiability I," requests NIST to "perform research and develop standards documents that: Clarifies the distinction between class DV (directly verifiable) and class IV (indirectly verifiable) voting systems as may be necessary; Elaborates and defines the different requirements to be satisfied by class DV and IV voting systems, and; Review methods of verification accessible by voters with disabilities." Resolution #21-05, titled "Multiple Representations of Ballots," states "further research is advisable in identifying potential problems associated with voting systems that use multiple representations of ballots, and in identifying best approaches for handling such problems. The TGDC thus requests that NIST perform such research and draft standards documents that reflect NIST's determination of the best practices and best approaches for handling these problems." | |