Notes to Reviewers
April 1, 2009
This represents a test suite for the human factors requirements in Part 1 Section 3, Usability, Accessibility, and Privacy Requirements, of the next iteration of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG-NI). When the VVSG-NI is approved by the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), the test suites will be available for use by voting system testing laboratories as a common basis for testing voting systems to determine conformance to the VVSG-NI.
Test suite reviewers are advised to first read and understand the VVSG-NI, especially the sections relevant to the test suites under review, before reviewing the test suites. Part 1 Section 3 can be found here. A complete version of the VVSG-NI in HTML, MS-Word, or PDF formats can be found here. Additionally, the human factors test suite is issued in HTML and contains links troughout to VVSG-NI requirements corresponding to the tests.
Commenting:
Please send comments on the test suites, by July 1, 2009, to: hfp-test@nist.gov.
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This document and associated files have been prepared
by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and represent draft
test materials for the Election Assistance Commission's next iteration of the
VVSG. It is a preliminary draft and does not represent a consensus view or recommendation
from NIST, nor does it represent any policy positions of NIST.
Usability Testing by
Manufacturer
Privacy of Cast Vote Record
(CVR)
Operational Usability
for Poll Workers
Accessible Ballot
Verification and Submission
Introduction
VVSG Requirements - TOC
3.2
General Usability
Requirements
3.2.1
Performance Requirements
3.2.1.1
Overall Performance
Metrics
3.2.1.2
Manufacturer Testing
3.2.2
Functional Capabilities
3.2.2.1
Editable Interfaces
3.2.2.2
Non-Editable Interfaces
3.2.3
Privacy
3.2.3.1
Privacy at the
Polls
3.2.3.2
No Recording of
Alternative Format Usage
3.2.4
Cognitive Issues
3.2.5
Perceptual Issues
3.2.6
Interaction Issues
3.2.6.1
Timing Issues
3.2.7
Alternative Languages
3.2.8
Usability for Poll
Workers
3.2.8.1
Operation
3.2.8.2
Safety
3.3
Accessibility Requirements
3.3.1
General
3.3.2
Low Vision
3.3.3
Blindness
3.3.4
Dexterity
3.3.5
Mobility
3.3.5.1
Controls within
Reach
3.3.6
Hearing
3.3.7
Cognition
3.3.8
English Proficiency
3.3.9
Speech
Combined Requirement Test
Methods
Voting Performance
Protocol (VPP)