17 80317 400 Electronic Voting Session 5 Direct

Outline • DRE Overview • Hart Intercivic e. Slate DRE system – Presented by

DRE Systems • DRE means “direct recording electronic” • There is no document ballot

DRE Design Issues • Voter-Machine Interaction – Straight-party voting – Undervote warning – Correcting

DRE Operational Issues • Where does the software come from? • Where does the

A Well-Designed e-Voting Machine NO PORTS, NO CONNECTORS, NO MODEM, NO WIRELESS, NO INTERNET

Advanced (formerly Shoup) WINvote DRE USES WIRELESS NETWORK SOURCE: ADVANCED VOTING SOLUTIONS

Advanced (formerly Shoup) WINvote DRE SOURCE: ADVANCED VOTING SOLUTIONS

Diebold Accu-Vote ACCU-VOTE TS TOUCHSCREEN ACCU-VOTE TSX TOUCHSCREEN ACCU-VOTE OS OPTICAL SCAN SOURCE: DIEBOLD

ES&S i. Votronic Touchscreen DRE 1. INSERT PEB 2. MAKE SELECTIONS 4. CAST BALLOT

Guardian 1242 (formerly Danaher) Full-face DRE SOURCE: GUARDIAN

Liberty Election Systems Full-face DRE LIBERTYVOTE SOURCE: LIBERTY

Microvote INFINITY DRE MV-464 DRE ABSENTEE CARD READER SOURCE: MICROVOTE

Sequoia Pacific AVC Advantage Full-Face DRE SOURCE: SEQUOIA

Sequoia Pacific Edge DRE DEMO SOURCE: SEQUOIA

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17 -803/17 -400 Electronic Voting Session 5: Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) Systems Michael I. Shamos, Ph. D. , J. D. Institute for Software Research International Carnegie Mellon University

DRE Systems • DRE means “direct recording electronic” • There is no document ballot • Voter votes by interacting directly with a machine, not by marking a piece of paper • “Electronic voting system” means a ssystem in which one or more voting devices are used to permit the registering or recording of votes and in which such votes are computed and tabulated by automatic tabulating equipment. The system shall provide for a permanent physical record of each vote cast. Pa. Elec. Code. 17 -803/17 -400 ELECTRONIC VOTING FALL 2004 COPYRIGHT © 2004 MICHAEL I. SHAMOS

DRE Design Issues • Voter-Machine Interaction – Straight-party voting – Undervote warning – Correcting votes, reviewing ballot, casting ballot • • • Loading ballot styles Vote storage Vote transport Vote tabulation Audit records Security 17 -803/17 -400 ELECTRONIC VOTING FALL 2004 COPYRIGHT © 2004 MICHAEL I. SHAMOS

DRE Operational Issues • Where does the software come from? • Where does the ballot setup come from? • What kinds of tests are performed? – (Before, during, after election) • Who has access to the machines? • Who is allowed to perform administrative functions, e. g. initialize the machine, print totals, etc. • How are results from different machines accumulated? • What happens to the machine after the election? 17 -803/17 -400 ELECTRONIC VOTING FALL 2004 COPYRIGHT © 2004 MICHAEL I. SHAMOS

A Well-Designed e-Voting Machine NO PORTS, NO CONNECTORS, NO MODEM, NO WIRELESS, NO INTERNET PROPRIETARY OPERATING SYSTEM (NOT WINDOWS) SOFTWARE FROM A TRUSTED SOURCE (NOT THE VENDOR) BALLOT SETUP DATA VOTER CHOICES READ-ONLY MEMORY RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY INTERNAL PAPER TRAIL WRITE-ONCE MEMORY 16 -HOUR BATTERY MACHINE SEALED WITH PAPER TRAIL TOTALS REPORT SIGNED BY ELECTION JUDGES WRITE-ONCE MEMORY TO COUNTY BOARD

Advanced (formerly Shoup) WINvote DRE USES WIRELESS NETWORK SOURCE: ADVANCED VOTING SOLUTIONS

Advanced (formerly Shoup) WINvote DRE SOURCE: ADVANCED VOTING SOLUTIONS

Diebold Accu-Vote ACCU-VOTE TS TOUCHSCREEN ACCU-VOTE TSX TOUCHSCREEN ACCU-VOTE OS OPTICAL SCAN SOURCE: DIEBOLD

ES&S i. Votronic Touchscreen DRE 1. INSERT PEB 2. MAKE SELECTIONS 4. CAST BALLOT 3. REVIEW BALLOT SOURCE: ES&S

Guardian 1242 (formerly Danaher) Full-face DRE SOURCE: GUARDIAN

Liberty Election Systems Full-face DRE LIBERTYVOTE SOURCE: LIBERTY

Microvote INFINITY DRE MV-464 DRE ABSENTEE CARD READER SOURCE: MICROVOTE

Sequoia Pacific AVC Advantage Full-Face DRE SOURCE: SEQUOIA

Sequoia Pacific Edge DRE DEMO SOURCE: SEQUOIA

Hart e. Slate SOURCE: HART INTERCIVIC