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Name :   Aviel D. Rubin
Organization :   ACCURATE
Post Date :   9/30/2005

Section Comments
Section :  20.1.8.3
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Comment :  A. TRANSPARENCY IN CERTIFICATION
Long-term Goals  

•  All voting system source code, design documents and security analysis should be made available to the public.
• Move away from purely binary Pass/fail certification to include a quantifiable certification process with publicly-accessible results.
• Greater government and public oversight over the testing and certification processes.
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS:  

New Provision:

Certification results regarding the system's performance must be made available to computer security experts and other members of the public.