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FW: Invitation to Ballot for P1583
This is an opportunity to review the draft standards which IEEE will
volunteer to the EAC, to comment on the draft, propose changes to the draft,
and vote on whether the draft is ready to be sent up. Participation is not
free. The draft is technical, and long: I would describe the P1583 standard
mainly as a blueprint for independent testing authorities (ITAs) to follow
in the certification tests that next-generation machine models are submitted
through.
I am broadcasting this announcement because I feel many stakeholders --
candidates, parties, and public-interest groups -- don't have much voice in
this document. Do you care how voting machines are designed and tested
before they are used in your elections? Do you or someone you can rely on
have some understanding about how computers are, or ought to be, programmed
and tested? Do you care whether voting machines have wireless links, paper
trails, or network connections? This may be your last chance to have some
say before the machines for the 2008 presidential election are designed.
Be prepared to do a good bit of reading, and some learning about the IEEE
standards process. It will take several steps just to get included in the
ballot pool; it may take some persistent effort to get into the "club" --
this is no quickie web poll.
Please pass this on, and on.
--
Pete Klammer, P.E. / ACM(1970), IEEE(SA,P1583), ICCP(CCP), NSPE(PE)
3200 Routt Street / Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033-5452
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"Either Be Good, or Else Be Careful, but Do Have Fun! "
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Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 7:46 AM
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Subject: Invitation to Ballot for P1583
Importance: High
Invitation to Ballot
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***** BALLOT *****
The Standards Coordinating Committee 38 (SCC38) on Voting Standards
invites you to ballot on the following:
Title: P1583: Standard for the Evaluation of Voting Equipment
Scope: Develop a standard for the evaluation of election
voting equipment.
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop an evaluation
standard for election voting equipment. The standard will
provide technical specifications for electronic,
mechanical, and human factors that can be used by
manufacturers of voting machines or by those purchasing such
machines. The tests and criteria developed will assure
equipment:
. Confidentiality,
. Security,
. Reliability,
. Accuracy,
. Usability,
. Accessibility.
See Annex 1 for further explanation of the scope.
If you are interested in participating in this electronic ballot, you must
respond by 2004-11-12, 11:59 PM Eastern Time by filling out the web-based
form at
http://standards.ieee.org/cgi-bin/bsignup/0000904
If you are NOT interested in participating, simply delete this e-mail.
No further action is required.
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PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
To participate, you must have access to the World Wide Web to
submit a vote, to comment, and to download the draft. The draft
will be posted in Adobe "PDF" document format. You will need a
recent version of Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view or print
the draft. If you do not have the program, it is freely available
from Adobe at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html
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