Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"Questions about the security and accuracy of electronic voting systems are likely to continue into the 2006 national elections, because the U.S. government has not yet completed work on electronic voting guidelines," according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report concluded, "Important changes to the voting standards have not yet been completed, the system certification and laboratory accreditation programs are still in development, and a system software library has not been updated or improved since the 2004 election." The Election Assistance Commission, a federal body established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, responded, "We have already made significant progress on GAO's recommendations."
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