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Computer Assisted Post Election Audits

Computer Assisted Post Election Audits Tigran Antonyan, Theodore Bromley, Laurent Michel, Alexander Russell, Alexander Shvartsman and Suzanne Stark State Certification Testing of Voting Systems National Conference June 20-21, 2013, Harrisburg, PA, USA Abstract The introduction of electronic voting technology in Connecticut necessitated the development of new policies and procedures by the Secretary of the State […]

Malicious Takeover of Voting Systems: Arbitrary Code Execution on Optical Scan Voting Terminals

Malicious Takeover of Voting Systems: Arbitrary Code Execution on Optical Scan Voting Terminals Russell J. Jancewicz, Aggelos Kiayias, Laurent D. Michel, Alexander C. Russell and Alexander A. Shvartsman In Proceedings of the 28th Symposium On Applied Computing (SAC 2013) March 18-22, 2013, Coimbra, Portugal www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2013/ Abstract This work focuses on the AccuVote Optical Scan voting […]

Pre-Election Audit of Memory Cards for the November 6, 2012 Connecticut Elections

The Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR Center) at the School of Engineering of the University of Connecticut performed pre-election audit of the memory cards for the Accu-Vote Optical Scan (AV-OS) tabulators that were used in the November 6, 2012 elections. The cards were programmed by LHS Associates of Salem, New Hampshire, and shipped to […]

Post-Election Audit of Memory Cards for the August 14, 2012 Connecticut Primary Elections

The Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR Center) at the School of Engineering of the University of Connecticut performed post-election audit of the memory cards for the Accu-Vote Optical Scan (AV-OS) tabulators that were used in the August 14, 2012 elections. The cards were programmed by LHS Associates of Salem, New Hampshire, and shipped to […]

Technological Audit of Memory Cards for the April 24, 2012 Connecticut Primary Elections

The Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR Center) at the School of Engineering of the University of Connecticut performed pre-election and post-election audit of the memory cards for the Accu-Vote Optical Scan (AV-OS) tabulators that were used in the April 24, 2012 elections. The cards were programmed by LHS Associates of Salem, New Hampshire, and […]

Statistical Analysis of the Post-Election Audit Data 2011 November Election

The Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR Center) at the School of Engineering of the University of Connecticut received the data gathered in the post-election audit performed in the State of Connecticut following the November 2011 election. The audits involved the randomly selected 10% of the districts and the audit returns were conveyed by the […]

Technological Audit of Memory Cards for the November 8, 2011 Connecticut Elections

The Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR Center) at the School of Engineering of the University of Connecticut performed pre-election and post-election audits of the memory cards for the Accu-Vote Optical Scan (AV-OS) tabulators used in the November 8, 2011 elections. The cards were programmed by LHS Associates of Salem, New Hampshire, and shipped to […]

Statistical Analysis of the Post-Election Audit Data 2011 September Primary Election

The Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR Center) at the School of Engineering of the University of Connecticut received the data gathered in the post-election audit performed in the State of Connecticut following the September 2011 election. The audits involved the randomly selected 10% of the districts and the audit returns were conveyed by the […]

Technological Audits of Optical Scan Voting Systems: Summary for 2007 to 2010 Connecticut Elections

Security and integrity concerns regarding the use of electronic voting technologies in elections necessitate comprehensive election audits. Two types of audits are routinely performed in all state-wide elections in Connecticut: random post-election hand-counted audits and technological audits. This report presents the summary of the technological audit results in Connecticut from 2007 to 2010. The technological […]