2002 Voting System Standards
Three iterations of federal voting system standards have been issued by the federal government. The first set of standards was created in 1990 by the Federal Election Commission (FEC.) In 2002, the FEC updated the standards by adopting a second iteration, known as the 2002 Voting System Standards (VSS). The VSS consists of two volumes: Volume 1 and Volume 2.
The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) created the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and transferred the responsibility of developing voting system standards from the FEC to the EAC. HAVA also tasked the EAC with establishing the federal government’s first voting system certification program.
Read more about this topic: Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
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