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Voting

Full Election Process

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READ-ONLY SITE MATERIALS: Historical voting TWiki site (2015-2020) ARCHIVED from https://collaborate.nist.gov/voting/bin/view/Voting

See Annotated Full Election Process

Cross-Reference: Full Election Process vs. Ken Bennett Process Models [ xls ]

Cross-Reference: Ken Bennett Full Election Process Functions

Pre-Election Process Functions

  1. begin Election
  2. include Contest on Ballot
  3. register Candidate(s) for Election
  4. include Candidate(s) on Ballot
  5. register Voter
  6. define Election
  7. define Ballot
  8. implement Ballot to support Voter Needs
  9. Election Official prepares Election Equipment for Election Process
  10. Election Official installs Ballot on Election Equipment
  11. Election Official verifies Election Equipment is ready to use Ballot
  12. Election Equipment is Delivered to the Polling Station

Election Process Functions

  1. open polls for Election
  2. Election Official authenticates Voter for Election
  3. Election Official identifies Ballot for Voter with Voter Needs
  4. Election Official identifies Interface for Voter with Voter Needs
  5. Election Official assigns Ballot to Voter with Voter Needs
  6. Election Official and/or Voter select Interface meeting Voter's Voter Needs
  7. connect Voter and Blank Ballot
  8. Voter interacts with Ballot via Interface
  9. Voter edits Ballot via Interface
  10. Voter reads Ballot via Interface
  11. Voter interprets Ballot via Interface
  12. Voter selects Contest Choices via Interface
  13. Voter deselects Contest Choices via Interface
  14. Voter navigates Contest Choices via Interface
  15. Voter verifies Contest Choices via Interface
  16. Voter casts Ballot as Cast Vote Record via Interface
  17. Voter cancels Ballot via Interface
  18. track Election Operation Status via Election Information
  19. Election Official closes polls for Election

Post-Election Process Functions

  1. Election Official transfers data to local election official
  2. Election Official counts Contest Choices on Cast Vote Record
  3. Election Official consolidates Counted Vote Totals
  4. Election Official reports Counted Vote Totals to Election Results Consumers
  5. Election Official reports Intermediate Election Results to Election Results Consumer
  6. Election Official validates Official Election Results
  7. Election Official reports Official Election Results to Election Results Consumers
  8. Election Official corrects Election Operation Errors
  9. Election Official archives Election Information
  10. Election Official archives Election Equipment
  11. Election Official audits Election Information
  12. Election Official audits Election Equipment
  13. Election Participants accept Official Election Results
  14. end Election
     

Voting TWiki Archive (2015-2020): read-only, archived wiki site, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

ARCHIVE SITE DESCRIPTION AND DISCLAIMER

This page, and related pages, represent archived materials (pages, documents, links, and content) that were produced and/or provided by members of public working groups engaged in collaborative activities to support the development of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.0. These TWiki activities began in 2015 and continued until early 2020. During that time period, this content was hosted on a Voting TWiki site. That TWiki site was decommissioned in 2020 due to technology migration needs. The TWiki activities that generated this content ceased to operate actively through the TWiki at the time the draft VVSG 2.0 was released, in February of 2020. The historical pages and documents produced there have been archived now in read-only, static form.

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  • They represent the "work in progress" efforts of a community of volunteer members of public working groups collaborating from late 2015 to February of 2020.
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Voting systems
Created August 28, 2020, Updated February 5, 2021