Note: David Wagner abstained from voting on all resolutions. Ed Smith abstained from voting on 

Resolution #06-11, “Accessibility of Voter-Verifiable Paper Ballots.”

January 2011 TGDC Meeting Resolutions

Resolution #01-11: 

White paper on “Possible UOCAVA Pilot Projects for the 2012 and 2014 Federal Election”

Proposed by Helen Purcell, 2nd by Doug Jones

The TGDC accepts the whitepaper titled “Possible UOCAVA Pilot Projects for the 2012 

Federal Election” for transmittal to the Election Assistance Commission and Federal 

Voting Assistance Program. 

This whitepaper responds to the request in the “Report to Congress on EAC’s Efforts to 

Establish Guidelines for Remote Electronic Absentee Voting Systems” for the TGDC to 

develop supporting material for 2012 UOCAVA pilot projects.

Resolution #02-11:

Demonstration Project Guidelines

Proposed by Paul Miller, received a 2nd

The TGDC directs the UOCAVA working group to prepare a narrative risk assessment 

comparing the current UOCAVA voting process to electronic absentee voting systems 

used in a demonstration project with military voters. 

The TGDC directs the UOCAVA working group to develop high-level guidelines taking 

into account existing risks already accepted in the current UOCAVA voting system.

The TGDC directs the UOCAVA working group to focus on guidelines for a demonstration 

project for military voters only. The working group should assume voters will have a 

Common Access Card and access to professionally-administered systems with 

appropriate accommodations. The working group should also assume that voters will 

be choosing between this method and other methods currently available to UOCAVA 

voters. While guidelines should be scoped for a demonstration project for military 

voters only, consideration should be given to the ability to extend the guidelines to a 

broader segment of the UOCAVA voting population.

The Federal Voting Assistance Program shall be invited to participate in these efforts.
Note: David Wagner abstained from voting on all resolutions. Ed Smith abstained from voting on 

Resolution #06-11, “Accessibility of Voter-Verifiable Paper Ballots.”

Resolutions # 03-11:

White paper on “Accessibility and Usability Considerations for UOCAVA Remote Electronic 

Voting Systems”

Proposed by Diane Golden, 2nd by Ed Smith

The TGDC accepts the white paper titled “Accessibility and Usability Considerations for 

UOCAVA Remote Electronic Voting Systems” for transmittal to the Election Assistance 

Commission. 

This paper responds to the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) 

resolution requesting that the National Institute of Standards and Technology conduct a 

short-term (several months) research study on accessibility and usability considerations 

for remote electronic Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Rights Act

(UOCAVA) voting similar to the research document on "Security Considerations for 

Remote Electronic UOCAVA Voting.

Resolution #04-11:

White paper on Auditability

Proposed by Ed Smith, 2nd by Paul Miller

The TGDC accepts the whitepaper titled “Report of the Auditability Working Group rev. 

2010-12-02” for transmittal to the Election Assistance Commission.

This whitepaper responds to the TGDC resolution of July 8, 2010 and the EAC’s tasking of 

December 9, 2009 titled “Alternatives to Software Independence (SI).”
Note: David Wagner abstained from voting on all resolutions. Ed Smith abstained from voting on 

Resolution #06-11, “Accessibility of Voter-Verifiable Paper Ballots.”

Resolution #05-11:

White paper on “VVSG 2.0 and Beyond: Issues and Gaps in the Usability and Accessibility 

Requirements”

Proposed by Ed Smith, 2nd by Diane Golden

The TGDC accepts the white paper titled “VVSG 2.0 and Beyond: Issues and Gaps in the 

Usability and Accessibility Requirements” for transmittal to the Election Assistance 

Commission. 

This paper responds to the directive of the Election Assistance Commission to the 

Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) Usability and Accessibility Working 

Group to continue ongoing research and requirements updates the VVSG 2.0 to the 

usability performance benchmarks already contained in the draft version of VVSG 2.0. 

Because the usability and accessibility requirements work together and cannot 

necessarily be isolated and analyzed as individual requirements, the Working Group 

identified research gaps that apply not just to the performance benchmarks but across 

the set of usability and accessibility requirements in the draft version of VVSG 2.0.
Note: David Wagner abstained from voting on all resolutions. Ed Smith abstained from voting on 

Resolution #06-11, “Accessibility of Voter-Verifiable Paper Ballots.”

Resolution #06-11:

Accessibility of Voter-Verifiable Paper Ballots 

Proposed by Ron Gardner, 2nd received

To conform to HAVA Section 301, the TGDC identifies the following accessibility 

principles that should be used to guide recommendations for revisions to the VVSG.

1. An accessible voting system must provide mechanisms for private and independent 

voting in all three phases of the voting process – generating a ballot, verifying the vote 

selections of that ballot, and casting the ballot -- regardless of the format of the ballot.

2. Accessibility requirements must not be lessened because the ballot format is paper 

and individuals with disabilities should not experience a decrease in their ability to vote 

privately and independently because of the use of a paper ballot.

3. A determinative vote record is an official ballot of record or controlling record used in 

a recount, and must be accessible (affirms the decision of the EAC in adopting the VVSG 

in 2005).

a. If a determinative record paper ballot is voter-verifiable, the accessible voting 

system must enable a voter with a disability to verify the vote selections on the 

paper ballot through the same access modalities as were used to mark the vote 

selections (affirms Board of Advisors Resolution). 

b. A voter with a disability must not be required to manually handle a 

determinative record paper ballot in order to mark, verify or cast the ballot 

(affirms the decision of the EAC in adopting the VVSG in 2005). 
Note: David Wagner abstained from voting on all resolutions. Ed Smith abstained from voting on 

Resolution #06-11, “Accessibility of Voter-Verifiable Paper Ballots.”

Resolution #07-11:

Accessibility requirements for voting systems used outside of a polling place

Proposed by Ron Gardner, 2nd by Phill Jenkins

The TGDC recommends to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) that it provide 

clarification on the scope of our accessibility mandate and provide direction to the TGDC 

to develop technical requirements for accessibility of voting systems used outside of a 

polling place.