ACCURATE Public Comment on the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG), Version II (Round One)

PUBLIC COMMENT ONTHE VOLUNTARY VOTING SYSTEM GUIDELINES,∗VERSION II (FIRST ROUND)SubmittedtoTheUnitedStatesElectionAssistanceCommissionMay5,2008∗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 viewsof the National Science Foundation. This public comment narrative was prepared by Aaron Burstein and Joseph LorenzoHall of the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic along with comments from the Principal Investigators andAdvisoryBoardMembersoftheNSFACCURATECenter.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/DavidL.Dill DouglasW.JonesDepartmentofComputerScience DepartmentofComputerScienceStanfordUniversity UniversityofIowadill@cs.stanford.edu jones@cs.uiowa.eduhttp://verify.stanford.edu/dill/ http://www.cs.uiowa ...