Election Assistance Commission

1. United States ElectionAssistance Commission • Testing & Certification Division www.eac.gov

2. Registered Manufacturers • Avante International Technology, Inc. • Dominion Voting Systems Corp. • Election Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S) • Everyone Counts, Inc. • Hart InterCivic, Inc. • MicroVote General Corp. • N.V. Nederlansche Apparatenfabriek “Nedap” • Precise Voting LLC. • Premier Election Solutions, Inc. • Scytl Secure Electronic Voting S.A. • TruVote International • Unisyn Voting Solutions

3. Systems Currently In Testing

4. Certification Related Activities - 2011 • Certified one full system and one modification (ES&S Unity 3.2.1.0 and Unisyn 1.01) • Initiated one Formal Investigation (ES&S Unity 3.2.0.0) • Ongoing testing during FY 2011 for 12 voting systems or system modifications. • EAC staff held meeting with Dominion Voting Systems and Wyle Labs to familiarize all parties with the Dominion ICE system currently beginning testing at Wyle. • Timelines for ES&S Unity 5.0 and Dominion Test campaigns developed.

5. Quality Monitoring

6. Fielded System Review and Testing • Upon invitation or with the permission of a State or local election authority, the EAC may, at its discretion, conduct a review of fielded voting systems. • Review may include the testing of a fielded system, if deemed necessary. • Any anomalies found during this review and testing will be provided to the election jurisdiction, the Manufacturer and any other jurisdiction using the affected system.

7. Fielded System Review: Example Cuyahoga County 2010 • During pre‐election logic and accuracy (L&A) testing prior to the May 4, 2010 Primary Election the DS200 demonstrated intermittent screen freezes, system lockups and shutdowns. • EAC was notified of the anomaly before the Primary election and contacted Cuyahoga County and other jurisdictions that use the same system, as well as ES&S to gather information. After determining that the information related to the freeze/shutdown issue was valid, opened an Informal Inquiry into the issue. • EAC staff had numerous discussions with Cuyahoga County, ES&S, and the VSTL for the Unity 3.2.0.0 system. In addition, in order to determine the potential extent of the problem, EAC also contacted other jurisdictions using the DS200 including, Orange, Miami-Dade, Escambia, Clay, Collier and Pasco Counties in Florida, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board and the New York State Board of Elections. • Formal Investigation initiated in February 25, 2011.

8. Manufacturing Facility Reviews • 8.5. Manufacturing Site Review. Facilities that produce certified voting systems will be reviewed periodically, at the discretion of the EAC, to verify that the system being manufactured, shipped, and sold is the same as the sample submitted for certification testing. All registered Manufacturers must cooperate with such audits as a condition of program participation. • 8.5.2. Frequency. At a minimum, at least one manufacturing facility of a registered Manufacturer shall be subject to a site review at least once every 4 years. • As of June 1, 2010, EAC has conducted manufacturing facility reviews of: • Unisyn Voting Solutions, Vista, California (manufacturing observation 11/15-16-2011) • ES&S – Ricoh Electronics, Inc. Facility, Tustin, California

9. Field Anomaly Reporting 8.7. Field Anomaly Reporting. As another means of gathering field data, the EAC will collect information from election officials who field EAC-certified voting systems. Information on actual voting system field performance is a basic means for assessing the effectiveness of the Certification Program and of the quality of the manufacturing process. The EAC provides a mechanism for election officials to provide real-world input on voting system anomalies.

10. New for 2011: More and Better Ways to Serve the Election Community • Revised Division Monthly E-Newsletter with more specific certification related information. • Experiments with Twitter Feeds to election officials seeking specific information on systems in under test. • Virtual Review Tool (VRT) development. Server-side web application designed by Testing and Certification Division staff to serve as a central location for reviewing Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Reports submitted by VSTLs. Allows VSTLs and EAC Technical Reviewers have ability to upload store and directly link files to requirements and serves as an electronic record of each test engagement. Application has secure login and is FISMA/508 compliant. • Staff “customer service representatives” assigned to each State and territory. • Hancock = Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio • Myers = Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, N. & S. Dakota.

11. Testing & Certification Division Information Via Web Links Program information available at www.eac.gov • EAC Testing and Certification Program Manual • EAC Laboratory Accreditation Program Manual • 2005 VVSG Version 1.0 • Draft VVSG Version 1.1 • Test plans/Test reports/Certified System Information • Accredited test laboratories