Our Response to the New York State Board of Elections Proposed Draft Regulations for Voting System Standards

Anyone who has visited the transcripts of the public hearings at www.elections.state.ny.us  knows that this 45 day period encouraged an impressive demonstration of citizen interest in these regulations. 

Here, in pdf format [1.4mb] is a copy of the testimony of prominent computer scientist and voting technology expert Doug Jones of the University of Iowa, regarding the draft regulations, submitted to the NYS Board of Elections on January 23.

Here, in pdf format [~228kb], you will find New Yorkers for Verified Voting, "Response to the New York State Board of Elections Proposed Draft of Subtitle V of Title 9 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York  Part 6209 – Voting System Standards."

Pages 2 and 3 of this document provide an outlined summary of "Introduction and Goals" and "Needed Improvements to the Draft Voting System Standards," as well as a description of the subsequent document layout.

Pages 4-31 Include the draft regulations together with NYVV’s comments in blue inserted where relevant, making it easy to follow the issues. A brief overview is provided at the beginning of each section.

Pages 32-40 (Appendix A) The North Carolina Public Confidence in Elections Law with the sections highlighted that are relevant to source code requirements.

Authors: Bo Lipari, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Verified Voting; Robert Kibrick, Legislative Analyst, Verified Voting Foundation; Teresa Hommel, Chairwoman of the Task Force on Election Integrity of Community Church of New York.