Ohio county eyes switch to optical-scan e-voting

01.12.2006

The verification of DRE accuracy is "so complex as to be infeasible" and current testing methods cannot guarantee DRE accuracy, NIST said in the report. It urged that no software-dependent approaches be allowed in the 2007 guidelines.

The NIST report is expected to be presented at the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) next week in Gaithersburg, Md.. The TGDC helps set elections regulations.