ACCURATE Public Comment on the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG), Version 1.1

PUBLIC COMMENT ONTHE VOLUNTARY VOTING SYSTEM GUIDELINES,∗VERSION 1.1SubmittedtoTheUnitedStatesElectionAssistanceCommissionSeptember28,2009∗This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under A Center for Correct, Usable,Reliable, Auditable and Transparent Elections (ACCURATE), Grant Number CNS 0524745. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the viewsoftheNationalScienceFoundation. ThispubliccommentnarrativewaspreparedbyAaronBursteinandJosephLorenzoHallinconsultationwiththeACCURATEPrincipalInvestigatorsandAdvisoryBoardMembersLillieConey,DavidJefferson,andWhitneyQuesenbery. ThesecommentsbenefitedfromcontributionsbyAndrewAppel,MattBishop,PacoHope,SeanPeisert,EricRescorla,GreggVanderheiden,andKa PingYee.ACCURATEPrincipalInvestigatorsAvielD.Rubin DanS.WallachACCURATEDirector ACCURATEAssociateDirectorDepartmentofComputerScience DepartmentofComputerScienceJohnsHopkinsUniversity RiceUniversityrubin@cs.jhu.edu dwallach@cs.rice.eduhttp://www.cs.jhu.edu/~rubin/ http://www.cs.rice.edu/~dwallach/DanBoneh MichaelD.ByrneDepartmentofComputerScience DepartmentofPsychologyStanfordUniversity RiceUniversitydabo@cs.stanford.edu byrne@rice.eduhttp://crypto.stanford.edu/~dabo/ http://chil.rice.edu/byrne/DrewDean DavidL.DillComputerScienceLaboratory DepartmentofComputerScienceSRIInternational StanfordUniversityddean@csl.sri.com dill@cs ...