General Election and Voter Information Guide: Voting Machines 📱

"The EAC's Testing and Certification program is the critical first step in the process of maintaining the reliability and security of the voting systems used in our nation's elections.

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s (EAC) Testing and Certification Program assists state and local election officials by providing voting machine testing and certification. This program is a requirement of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, legislation that created the EAC and mandated that the Commission provide certification, decertification, and recertification of voting systems, as well as the accreditation of voting system testing laboratories. This legislation marked the first time the federal government provided oversight for these activities, a step that allowed states to procure new certified voting systems without the added expense of independent testing and certification. While states are not required to participate in the program, some have enacted laws or have regulations that require a level of participation.

Prior to the passage of HAVA, voting systems were assessed and qualified by the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED), a nonpartisan association consisting of state level election directors nationwide. These voting systems were tested against the 1990 and 2002 voting system standards developed by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). With HAVA's enactment, the responsibility for developing voting system standards was transferred from the FEC to the EAC and their new iterations are now the EAC Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.

EAC Testing & Certification Program (Full PDF Version)" (United States Election Assistance Commission, Election Technology, 5/13/2024)

www.elections.ny.gov/VotingMachines.html

"The New York State Board of Elections requires that before any voting system may be eligible to be purchased in New York State, it must be certified. Systems must meet the requirements of NYS Election Law, Section 6209 of Subtitle V of Title 9 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, and the federal 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG), Volume 1." (NYS Election Security - Machine Testing, 8/26/2024)

https://elections.ny.gov/election-security#machine-testing

"New York State Election Law § 7–202 describes the requirements of voting machines in New York State. These requirements are intended to ensure the security of election equipment and verifiability of cast votes." (NYS Election Security - Machine Security, 8/26/2024)

https://elections.ny.gov/election-security#machine-security

Here you will find the information you need about the election process and the voting machines available in your specific polling place, as well as information on how your voting system will be used in an election. We hope that these resources will answer any voting questions you have and will provide you with a better understanding of what to expect when you arrive at your polling place on ... 

www.elections.ny.gov/VotingMachines.html