SGER: Electronic Voting Technology

SGER：电子投票技术

• 批准号: 0449615
• 负责人: Mark Frankel
• 金额: $ 4.91万
• 依托单位: American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2005-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0449615&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Electronic; Voting; Technology

AbstractIn the 2000 presidential election, the inherent weaknesses of our states' systems of voting were revealed in dramatic fashion. Due to an unprecedented occurrence, it was impossible to determine for many weeks the outcome of the presidential voting in the State of Florida and, therefore, to declare a winner in the election of a new President of the United States. Recounts were undertaken not only of votes but also of "intended votes," and terminology such as "butterfly" ballots and "hanging chads" became routine vocabulary of discussions in the daily news. The certification process, eventually decided by a narrow margin in the U.S. Supreme Court, came breathlessly close to creating a constitutional crisis.The almost surreal events of that election led to reconsideration of the ways in which balloting is done, and also to requests for new funding to modernize the voting processes in states and localities. As a result, efforts have emerged to explore and assess new technological options in voting, including the Internet, and to undertake research that can improve understanding of the limits of existing voting systems as well as the potential gains and limits associated with various voting system alternatives. Since the 2000 election, alternative voting systems have been proposed and/or attempted, most recently in the Spring 2004 primaries. Earlier this year, the Pentagon rejected the idea of Internet voting by military personnel overseas because of concerns about reliability and security. In November 2003, Fairfax County, VA, experienced major "glitches" with machines that did not register certain votes.The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will organize and convene a workshop that brings together 25-30 technical and cyber-security experts, election officials, social and behavioral scientists, and public interest representatives to develop a research agenda. The workshop will employ both plenary and breakout sessions in order to produce a statement of priority research needs representing the best assessment of the expert group. This research agenda is intended to direct researchers to work that could be done about these important questions.To ensure that the research agenda receives widespread attention, project staff will prepare and disseminate: (a) a rapid summary of the meeting that highlights key agenda items; and (b) a succinct and accessible report detailing the priority research areas and their rationale. Press releases will accompany the distribution of both products and a webcast of a brief segment of the workshop's wrap-up session will be posted the Monday after the workshop.The research agenda will make an important intellectual contribution to the study of electronic voting technology by highlighting issues that would benefit from additional focused research and, in doing so, point researchers (and funders) to potential avenues of interdisciplinary research and collaboration across fields. The research agenda will have broader impacts as well. It will create opportunities for greater public involvement in deciding how to allocate support for such studies. Ultimately, the findings that emerge from work done based on this research agenda could contribute to two important areas: (1) future deliberations about the advantages and disadvantages of various voting systems, and (2) critical individual and policy decisions about voting in the U.S.

摘要是2000年总统大选，我们国家投票制度的固有弱点是戏剧性的。 由于发生了前所未有的事件，因此无法确定佛罗里达州总统投票的结果，因此不可能在美国新任总统选举中宣布赢得冠军。 重新计票不仅是投票的，而且还进行了“预期票”，诸如“蝴蝶”选票和“吊堂”之类的术语成为日常新闻中讨论的常规词汇。 该认证过程最终由美国最高法院的幅度狭窄决定，喘不过气来，几乎是构成宪法危机的事件。这次选举的几乎超现实事件导致重新考虑了进行投票的方式，并要求提供新的资金以现代化国家和地区的投票过程。 结果，已经努力探索和评估包括互联网在内的投票方面的新技术选择，并进行研究，以提高人们对现有投票系统限制以及与各种投票系统替代方案相关的潜在收益和限制。自2000年大选以来，已经提出和/或尝试过替代投票系统，最近一次是在2004年春季的初选中。 今年早些时候，五角大楼拒绝了海外军事人员进行互联网投票的想法，这是由于对可靠性和安全性的担忧。 2003年11月，弗吉尼亚州的费尔法克斯县（Fairfax County）与未注册一票的机器经历了重大的“故障”。该研讨会将同时采用全体会议和突破性会议，以提出代表专家小组最佳评估的优先研究需求的陈述。 这项研究议程旨在指导研究人员进行有关这些重要问题的工作。为了确保研究议程受到广泛关注，项目人员将准备和传播：（a）会议的快速摘要，以突出关键议程； （b）一份简洁且易于访问的报告，详细介绍了优先研究领域及其理由。 Press releases will accompany the distribution of both products and a webcast of a brief segment of the workshop's wrap-up session will be posted the Monday after the workshop.The research agenda will make an important intellectual contribution to the study of electronic voting technology by highlighting issues that would benefit from additional focused research and, in doing so, point researchers (and funders) to potential avenues of interdisciplinary research and collaboration across fields. 研究议程也将产生更广泛的影响。 它将为更大的公众参与决定如何分配此类研究的支持。 最终，根据这项研究议程所做的工作所产生的发现可能会促成两个重要领域：（1）对各种投票系统的优势和缺点的未来审议，以及（2）有关美国投票的关键个人和政策决策