12-03-2006, 12:00 PM
Quote:The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a report recommending that the federal Voluntary Voting Systems Guidelines for 2007 (VVSG 2007) be revised to decertify touchscreen electronic voting machines, also called direct-recording electronic (DRE) machines. In a nutshell, the report argues that because DREs cannot be properly audited absent a voter-verifiable paper trail (VVPAT), they shouldn't be certified for use in elections. Says the report:
One conclusion drawn by NIST is that the lack of an independent audit capability in DRE voting systems is one of the main reasons behind continued questions about voting system security and diminished public confidence in elections. NIST does not know how to write testable requirements to make DREs secure, and NIST's recommendation to the STS is that the DRE in practical terms cannot be made secure...
full article: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061201-8338.html