[IP] Call for papers and other input on ELECTRONIC VOTING -- FROM THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
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From: "Lin, Herb" <HLin@xxxxxxx>
Date: October 22, 2004 3:12:55 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: For IP - Call for papers and other input on ELECTRONIC VOTING
-- FROM THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Dave - i don't recall that i sent this to you, but if you could post in
IP, CSTB would be much obliged. It's a chance for the greater
community to help explore this very important issue.
Thanks herb
From: Lin, Herb
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:11 PM
To: evoting-input
Subject: Call for papers and other input on ELECTRONIC VOTING -- FROM
THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
You are getting this note because you have expressed interest in this
subject before. Please accept apologies for duplicate postings.
Herb Lin
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PLEASE POST WIDELY
CALL FOR INPUT -- NRC Project on Electronic Voting
A large number of American voters will be using electronic voting
systems for the first time in the 2004 election. Many issues and
concerns have been raised about their use. Recognizing this, the
National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies (which
include the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of
Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine) has launched a project to
develop a framework for understanding the technology, social, and
operational issues relevant to decision-making about electronic
voting. Specifically, this project is intended to inform policy
makers, election officials, and the interested public about the
questions they should be asking about electronic voting systems in
order to be better and more informed consumers of such systems.
For purposes of this study, “electronic voting systems” are construed
broadly to include any electronic device that plays (or that could
play) an important role in any part of the voting system, from voter
registration to ballot casting to the final certification of election
results.
To facilitate its study, the NRC's Committee on Electronic Voting seeks
white papers and other comments from interested parties on topics
relevant to the use of electronic voting systems. The papers received
will serve to inform the committee, and will be posted on the project
web site <www.cstb.org/project_evoting> for the duration of the
project.
At the discretion of the NRC, selected authors may be invited to
address the committee about their analysis, findings, and conclusions,
and some papers may be included as appendixes to the Committee’s final
report. The Committee may also reference the submitted materials, and
include them or portions of them in its report.
Individuals not wishing to submit a paper are invited to send any
comments they wish on this subject to EVOTING-INPUT@xxxxxxxx Serious
comments will be transmitted to the committee.
CALL FOR WHITE PAPERS: CRITERIA
SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS
The Committee on Electronic Voting seeks well-reasoned White Papers
that identify and discuss questions that policy makers and the
interested public should be asking about electronic voting systems.
For each question identified, the author(s) should provide a rationale
for why that question is of significance in electronic voting. Papers
that reference technical, legal and social discourse about electronic
voting must contain appropriate documentary references and citations.
At the discretion of the author(s), papers may also offer answers to
the questions identified.
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
Papers must be:
1. double-spaced, and no longer than approximately 6,250 words;
2. submitted electronically via email to EVOTING-INPUT@xxxxxxxx
3. signed by a principal of the organization, group, or firm (if
intended to represent the views of an organization, group, or firm), or
signed by an individual (if intended to represent his or her views as
an individual);
4. accompanied by a physically signed National Research Council
copyright agreement (available by clicking this link) faxed to
202-334-2318 or scanned into an image and transmitted along with the
paper. This copyright agreement must be signed by all authors of the
paper.
5. properly referenced.
6. formatted with clearly identified sections for:
i. Questions and rationales
ii. Answers (at the author’s discretion)
iii. Reference citations (included only as endnotes rather than
footnotes).
7. Received at the NRC in electronic form no later than the close
of business on November 22, 2004. The committee recognizes that this
date is after the November election, and authors who submit papers
before November 2 are welcome to submit revised versions after November
2 if they want to include material related to happenings on Election
Day.
Papers that do not conform to these requirements or received after
November 22 will not be brought to the attention of the committee.
Visit the project web site <www.cstb.org/project_evoting> or contact
the project director for more information.
Herb Lin
EVOTING-INPUT@xxxxxxx
202-334-3191
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