The primary goal of the Alliance is to ensure a high level of quality and integrity in the resources and information provided, in order to foster public confidence in Internet voting. In keeping with established Internet traditions, the Alliance will operate in an open and collaborative manner and favor consensus. Strategy A technical board will issue white papers and oversee the development of voluntary standards by specific workgroups. The Alliance will form a Media Watch to collect published mainstream references regarding Internet voting. The Alliance is composed of participants from hardware, software, security and election-related companies as well as from government sectors and interested organizations and individuals.
Membership is open to anyone who has something of value to contribute.
No member of the Alliance shall in any way act as if they are representing the Alliance unless the consensus is that representation is appropriate. The WGs are where the nuts and bolts of the IVTA technical standards will be formed, and informal discussions will begin by using listservers with open participation. The assembly decided on number and initial charter of the WGs, as well as their initial moderators. The IVTA will eventually develop its own RFCs and standards for various technical aspects of Internet voting, so that initial familiarity with and even use of the IETF practices at this stage will be helpful. The Articles of Incorporation do not define how the IVTA should be operated by its members.