NIST Common Data Format Workshop Lowell Finley Deputy

NIST Common Data Format Workshop Lowell Finley Deputy Secretary of State Voting Systems Technology and Policy California Secretary of State Debra Bowen

Two warnings about what follows I am not a techie I am a lawyer

What I wish for in a common data layer Integrity Transparency Auditability Works from cradle to cryogenic capsule

Integrity Accurate Tamper resistant Tamper evident

Transparency Horizontally Data transfer within a device or function Vertically Date transfer between functions Voter registration to pollbook Precinct tabulator to central tabulator Central tally to results reporting module Reporting module to press, public, scholars

Auditability At each point of transfer By different potential auditors Elections officials Courts Public Scholars

From cradle to. . . Voter registration Candidate registration Precincting Ballot definition Voting (in all forms) and tallying functions Results reporting Auditing

. . . Walt's frozen head Permanent storage of all available data from every election Not a morbid wish Not a pipe dream Intact data available when we need to defrost it

Three Take Aways No technical training Transparency at multiple stages Walt's cryogenic capsule