This is from last year, and it's probably pretty dry reading, but I hadn't seen it before.
Electronic voting is controversial today. Many election officials look to electronic voting systems as a means for improving their ability to conduct and administer elections more efficiently. At the same time, many information technologists and activists have raised important concerns regarding the security of such systems. Social scientists have studied election issues for many years and have identified a host of issues that have significant impact on the conduct of elections. Policy makers are caught in the midst of a controversy with both political and technological overtones. Given this backdrop, the National Research Council (NRC) sought to examine this issue from the ground up—that is, from a broader perspective than simply addressing the most salient points in the public debate.
A first meaningful step in such an examination should be the articulation of important questions and issues that election officials, policy makers, and informed citizens should ask concerning the use of computers and information technology (IT) in the electoral process. In addition, the NRC’s Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting reached a number of conclusions that help clarify the nature of the debate over electronic voting systems and provide a framework for putting these questions into perspective.
