Call for papers and other input on ELECTRONIC VOTING -- FROM THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Lin, Herb" <HLin () nas edu>
Date: October 22, 2004 3:12:55 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: For IP - Call for papers and other input on ELECTRONIC VOTING 
-- FROM THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Dave - i don't recall that i sent this to you, but if you could post in 
IP, CSTB would be much obliged.  It's a chance for the greater 
community to help explore this very important issue.
 
Thanks herb


From: Lin, Herb
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:11 PM
To: evoting-input
Subject: Call for papers and other input on ELECTRONIC VOTING -- FROM 
THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL


You are getting this note because you have expressed interest in this 
subject before.  Please accept apologies for duplicate postings.

 

Herb Lin

 

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PLEASE POST WIDELY

 

 

CALL FOR INPUT -- NRC Project on Electronic Voting

 

A large number of American voters will be using electronic voting 
systems for the first time in the 2004 election.  Many issues and 
concerns have been raised about their use.  Recognizing this, the 
National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies (which 
include the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of 
Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine) has launched a project to 
develop a framework for understanding the technology, social, and 
operational issues relevant to decision-making about electronic 
voting.  Specifically, this project is intended to inform policy 
makers, election officials, and the interested public about the 
questions they should be asking about electronic voting systems in 
order to be better and more informed consumers of such systems.

  

For purposes of this study, “electronic voting systems” are construed 
broadly to include any electronic device that plays (or that could 
play) an important role in any part of the voting system, from voter 
registration to ballot casting to the final certification of election 
results.

 

To facilitate its study, the NRC's Committee on Electronic Voting seeks 
white papers and other comments from interested parties on topics 
relevant to the use of electronic voting systems.  The papers received 
will serve to inform the committee, and will be posted on the project 
web site <www.cstb.org/project_evoting> for the duration of the 
project. 

  

At the discretion of the NRC, selected authors may be invited to 
address the committee about their analysis, findings, and conclusions, 
and some papers may be included as appendixes to the Committee’s final 
report.  The Committee may also reference the submitted materials, and 
include them or portions of them in its report.

 

Individuals not wishing to submit a paper are invited to send any 
comments they wish on this subject to EVOTING-INPUT () NAS EDU.  Serious 
comments will be transmitted to the committee.

 

 

CALL FOR WHITE PAPERS: CRITERIA

 

SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS

 

The Committee on Electronic Voting seeks well-reasoned White Papers 
that identify and discuss questions that policy makers and the 
interested public should be asking about electronic voting systems. 
 For each question identified, the author(s) should provide a rationale 
for why that question is of significance in electronic voting. Papers 
that reference technical, legal and social discourse about electronic 
voting must contain appropriate documentary references and citations.  
At the discretion of the author(s), papers may also offer answers to 
the questions identified.

  

 

PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS

 

Papers must be:

 

1.      double-spaced, and no longer than approximately 6,250 words;

  

2.      submitted electronically via email to EVOTING-INPUT () NAS EDU.

 

3.      signed by a principal of the organization, group, or firm (if 
intended to represent the views of an organization, group, or firm), or 
signed by an individual (if intended to represent his or her views as 
an individual);

 

4.      accompanied by a physically signed National Research Council 
copyright agreement (available by clicking this link) faxed to 
202-334-2318 or scanned into an image and transmitted along with the 
paper. This copyright agreement must be signed by all authors of the 
paper.

 

5.      properly referenced.

 

6.      formatted with clearly identified sections for:

 

i.      Questions and rationales

ii.     Answers (at the author’s discretion)

iii.    Reference citations (included only as endnotes rather than 
footnotes).

 

7.       Received at the NRC in electronic form no later than the close 
of business on November 22, 2004.  The committee recognizes that this 
date is after the November election, and authors who submit papers 
before November 2 are welcome to submit revised versions after November 
2 if they want to include material related to happenings on Election 
Day.

 

Papers that do not conform to these requirements or received after 
November  22 will not be brought to the attention of the committee.

 

Visit the project web site <www.cstb.org/project_evoting> or contact 
the project director for more information.

 

Herb Lin

 EVOTING-INPUT () NAS EDU

202-334-3191

 

 

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