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Fixing federal e-voting standards

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Earl Barr,

Matt Bishop,

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 50, Issue 3

Pages 19 - 24

https://doi.org/10.1145/1226736.1226754

Published: 01 March 2007 Publication History

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Without a threat model and a system model, voting standards cannot ensure the integrity or accuracy of the voting process.

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Emergency response information systems: emerging trends and technologies

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