November 28-29, 2005
Hyatt Regency
Sacramento, CA

Secretary of State Bruce McPherson hosted a Voting Systems Testing Summit on November 28 and 29 to bring together experts from state and federal elections administration to discuss testing as it applies to state certification processes for voting equipment. Several panels of nationally recognized experts will share their expertise, from which we hope to develop a best practices model that all states can use in their examination of voting equipment. Please see the agenda and remarks linked to this page for additional information.

Caren Daniels-Meade, Chief of Elections, State of California

Materials and Presentations

Session 1 - The Federal Role - Where Things Stand Today and Where They're Headed, HAVA and Voting Systems, Accessibility

• Donetta Davidson, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission
• Paul DeGregorio (Vice Chair), Election Assistance Commission
• Brian Hancock, Election Assistance Commission*
• Sandy Steinbach, Chair, NASED Voting Systems Board and Director of Elections, Iowa Secretary of State

Session 2 - Demystifying the ITA's

• Brian Phillips, President Systest

Session 2.5 - A Vision for Testing Election Systems

• Eric Lazarus, President, DecisionSmith

Session 3 - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

• Barbara Guttman, Manager, Interoperability Group, NIST Information Technology Lab
• Barbara Guttman, Manager, Interoperability Group, NIST Information Technology Lab - Additional Material
• Roy Saltman, Consultant and Author, formerly of NIST

Session 4 - State Panel on What Happens Now

• Paul Craft, Florida Secretary of State's Office*
• Nick Handy, Washington Secretary of State's Office*
• Connie Schmidt, Former Election Commissioner, Johnson County, Kansas and Past Member, NASED Voting Systems Standard Board
• Dr. Brit Williams, NASED Board Member and Chair, NASED Voting System Board Technical Committee (Georgia)

Session 5 - Designing the Best Tests

• Stephen Berger, IEEE Representative to US EAC Technical Guidelines Committee
• Steven V. Freeman, Member, NASED Technical Committee
• Jocelyn Whitney, R & G Consultants

Keynote Speaker - Evaluating the Usability of Six Voting Systems and Voters' Abilities to Cast Their Ballots As Intended

• Paul S. Herrnson, Director, Center for American Politics and Citizenship;Professor, Government and Politics, University of Maryland

Session 6 - Security/Paper Trails/Accountability

• Kim Alexander, President and Founder, California Voter Foundation
• Michael Alvarez, CalTech/MIT Voting Technology Project
• Dr. Henry Brady, Director, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley
• Professor David L. Dill, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University*
• Dr. Aviel (Avi) D. Rubin, Professor of Computer Science and Technical Director of Information Security Institute, Johns Hopkins University*
• Dr. Michael Shamos, Co-Director, Institute for eCommerce and Director, Center for Privacy Technology, Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

Session 7 - Vendors

• Diebold - Ian Piper*
• ES & S - Ken Carbullido, Senior VP of Product Development
• Hart Intercivic - David Hart*
• Sequoia Voting Systems - Howard Cramer*

Session 8 - Best State Practices

• David Chapin, Director, electionline.org *
• Jim Dolbear, Director of the Voting Systems Institute
• Dr. David Jefferson, California Voting Systems Technical Assessment and Advisory Board Chair*
• Tom Wilkey, Executive Director, Election Assistance Commission *

* Electronic copies of materials were not provided.

For more information please contact:

Caren Daniels-Meade
Elections Division Chief
1500 11th Street, 5th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 657-2166
Fax: (916) 653-3214

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