[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 60 (Friday, March 27, 2020)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06413]


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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0 Requirements; 
Correction

SUMMARY: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission published a document 
in the Federal Register on March 24, 2020, Proposed Voluntary Voting 
System Guidelines 2.0 Requirements; Request for Public Comment.

Correction

    In the Federal Register on March 24, 2020, in FR Doc. 2020-06086 on 
page 16621, in the second column, correct the Supplementary Information 
to read:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The EAC is placing the proposed VVSG 2.0 
Requirements as submitted by the Technical Guidelines Development 
Committee (TGDC) out for a 90-day public comment period. The EAC is 
asking for comments regarding all sections of the VVSG 2.0 
Requirements.
    The EAC made the decision to undertake the drafting of VVSG 2.0 as 
a result of feedback received over several years from a variety of 
stakeholders including, state and local election officials, voting 
system manufacturers, and usability, accessibility and security 
interest groups.
    The TGDC proposed a different structure for developing the VVSG 2.0 
than in previous years. This structure differs significantly from 
previous versions of the VVSG because the VVSG 2.0 Requirements are 
presented in a separate document from the VVSG 2.0 Principles and 
Guidelines. The VVSG 2.0 Principles and Guidelines are high-level 
system design goals and a broad description of the functions that make 
up a voting system. The EAC sought public comments on the VVSG 2.0 
Principles and Guidelines from February 28, 2019 to June 7, 2019. 
Aligned with the VVSG 2.0 Principles and Guidelines, the VVSG 2.0 
Requirements represent the requirements to which a voting system is 
tested to obtain certification under the EAC Testing and Certification 
Program.
    The TGDC unanimously approved to recommend VVSG 2.0 Requirements on 
February, 7 2020, and sent the Requirements to the EAC Acting Executive 
Director via the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST), in the capacity of the Chair of the TGDC on March 9, 
2020. Upon adoption, the VVSG 2.0 would become the fifth iteration of 
national level voting system standards. The Federal Election Commission 
published the first two sets of federal standards in 1990 and 2002. The 
EAC then adopted Version 1.0 of the VVSG on December 13, 2005. In an 
effort to update and improve version 1.0 of the VVSG, on March 31, 
2015, the EAC commissioners unanimously approved VVSG 1.1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Jerome Lovato, Telephone: (301) 960-
1216, E-Mail: [email protected].

Amanda Joiner,
Associate Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
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