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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Details

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.

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

Processing Action (note)

• 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