Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0
The VVSG 2.0, also known as the VVSG Next Iteration, is an effort to completely re-write the 2005 VVSG, intended to address the next generation of voting systems. The TGDC prepared a draft of the VVSG 2.0, and the TGDC's draft was delivered to the Election Assistance Commission in August 2007, but have not yet been adopted by the Election Assistance Commission and work remains in progress to refine these guidelines. The guidelines contain new and expanded material in the areas of reliability and quality, usability and accessibility, security, and testing. The TGDC draft prohibits radio frequency (RF) wireless, address software independence and include improved requirements for the overall reliability of voter verifiable paper audit trail voting systems.
The TGDC draft guidelines require software independence, a concept created for purposes of the draft as a high level security requirement for all voting systems. According to the TGDC draft, software independence can be achieved through the use of independent voter verifiable records (IVVR) or through the innovation class. Additionally, the TGDC draft recommends open-ended vulnerability testing (OEVT), a testing method designed to bring greater security to voting systems in the polling place.
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