Usage of EML v2 IEEE Standards Working Group P-1622 on Voting Systems Electronic Data Interchange February 9, 2011 Aaron Wilson Election Operations Consultant [e-mail]

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Usage of EMLv2IEEE Standards Working Group
P-1622 on Voting Systems Electronic Data
InterchangeFebruary 9, 2011Aaron
WilsonElection Operations Consultantaaron.wilson
_at_scytl.com
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2010 MOVE EVSW Implementation Experience

• Scytl worked with 10 States
• 9 Onscreen marking and blank ballot delivery
• 1 Blank ballot only
• Voter Interfaces 13 (CSV, XML)
• Ballot Definition Interfaces 12 (CSV, XML)
• EMS Vendor created file format
• home-grown files format
• Ballot Return Interfaces 7 (CSV, XML,
  web-services)
• Ballot tracking
• Ballot duplication
• Each format had multiple integrations
• Formats represented many variations in election
  administration
• Straight party voting
• Candidate rotation
• Federal only ballots
• Latin and non-Latin languages
• Formatting
• Etc.

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Agenda
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Motivation
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Usage
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Experience
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Conclusions
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. Internet voting Abentee