Voting Enhancement and Security Act of 2007
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to meet Federal guidelines for the operation of electronic voting equipment, and for other purposes.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 5/17/2007--Introduced.
Voting Enhancement and Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Technical Guidelines Development Committee to develop for the Election Assistance Commission specific guidelines, meeting certain criteria, for the operation of e... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced | ![]() | Voted on by House | ![]() | Voted on by Senate | ![]() | Considered By President | ![]() | Bill Becomes Law |
| May 17, 2007 |
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Blog Coverage
September 15, 2007 Event: How Paper Trails Fail to Secure e-Voting
Dodd, D-CT) and HR 2360 (Rep. Ehlers, R-MI) which does not mandate paper audit trails, but still requires a verifiable audit trail. The comment from bradblog is in stark contrast in interpreting the nature of the technology being ...
September 15, 2007 Paper Trails Don't Ensure Accurate E-Voting Totals, Group Charges
730 and HR 2360, which require verifiable audit trails without specifying that paper be used." End-to-end verifyability? Cryptography? Paperless audit trails? What a stupid idea. Keep that shit up and we might actually end up with ...
September 14, 2007 E-Voting: It Just Keeps Getting Worse
It explains the cryptography the systems use and says that Congress should pass legislation based on S. 730 and HR 2360, which require verifiable audit trails without specifying that paper be used. The report will be available online. ...
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