L Jean Camp
ABSTRACT
Elections, and enfranchisement of citizens, are a foundational element of democracy, yet the implementation of elections in terms of both technology and process varies widely. [1] New voting technologies offer promise yet create new risks; and the process and technology must be simultaneously adopted and crafted. In order to explore both the promise and the risk, a Symposium at the Kennedy School of Government was convened. The attendees for this event included technologists, election officials, political scientists, policy analysts, notable press experts, and activists. From that Symposium the authors developed a set of policy and technology best practices. [2] This highlights document reports those practices.
- Voting: What is What Could Be (2001) Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project http://www.vote.caltech.edu/Reports/2001report.htmlGoogle Scholar
- Camp, Friedman, Bowman, "Voting and Vote Counting: The Annotated Best Practices" Institute of Politics, Harvard, (Cambridge, MA) July 2004.Google Scholar
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Voting in America: Final Report of the NCSL Elections Reform Task Force: (2001) http://www.ncsl.org/programs/press/2001/electref0801.htmGoogle Scholar
- Help America Vote Act of 2022 (HAVA), Public Law No. 107--252, 116 Stat. 1666, available at http://www.fec.gov/hava/law_ext.txtGoogle Scholar
Index Terms
- Voting, vote capture & vote counting symposium
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