International Women’s Day (March 8 each year) marks some meaningful progress in the struggle for gender equality. Despite some setbacks, citizens around the world continue to see the value in, and reap the benefits from, equal gender representation in government
Voter registration and authentication are a common challenge for election officials the world over. Authorities have the obligation to ensure that the integrity of the voter authentication process is not compromised, either by fraud or by malfeasance, and that committing
A recent edition of Electionline featured a story about cyber navigator programs, cooperative ventures under which state election officials in the US employ election technology professionals to provide practical cybersecurity knowledge and support their jurisdiction. CISA‘s Election Infrastructure Subsector Government Coordinating
As of September 7, the Delta variant of COVID-19 now accounts for 4.3 million new cases and 9,300 deaths per day, worldwide. About 1,000 of those daily deaths are in the US. On Democracy Day 2021, we look at the
The Olympics, the greatest spectacle in sport, is a transcendent event, that every four years delivers an endless array of teachable moments. Those moments have application across many fields – including elections. Here are three.
Author: Ed Smith The US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) started accepting voting systems for federal certification in 2007. In its earliest days, the EAC Testing and Certification process placed few barriers to submitting an application for certification and obtaining approval