EAC maintains the National Mail Voter Registration Form, which voters can use to register to vote and update their registration information. The form is available in seven languages.
EAC also provides voter guides in 11 languages and a variety of links to helpful resources for voters relating to registration, military and overseas voting, accessibility, and volunteering as a poll worker.
HAVA mandates that EAC accredit voting system test laboratories and certify voting equipment, marking the first time the federal government has offered these services to the states.
EAC is committed to running the program in a transparent manner, releasing voting system test plans and reports for the public to review and posting detailed information about the voluntary voting system guidelines, program policies, and related correspondence.
One of EAC's top priorities is providing assistance to election officials. We do this by issuing guidance, advisories and best practices to help officials comply with the Help America Vote Act and make other election administration improvements and enhancements.
EAC administers federal funding to improve the administration of U.S. elections as authorized by the Help America Vote Act. The commission also manages discretionary, competitive grant programs authorized by HAVA, including the HAVA College Program to recruit college students to serve as poll workers and the HAVA Mock Election Program, which supports activities to educate secondary students in the electoral process.
EAC is responsible under the Help America Vote Act for collecting information about election administration issues and sharing that information with Congress, election officials and the public.
This section contains completed research and reports commissioned by EAC, information about EAC research in progress, and additional elections research issued by other organizations. Datasets are also available to download.
Voters can use the National Mail Voter Registration Form to register to vote, update registration information due to a change of name, make a change of address, or register with a political party.
The National Form also contains voter registration rules and regulations for each state and territory. For more information about registering to vote, contact your state election office. Read our Frequently Asked Questions for more information about the national form.
Use the National Mail Voter Registration Form to register to vote, update your registration information with a new name or address, or register with a political party.
Note: If you wish to vote absentee and are a uniformed service member or family member or a citizen living outside the U.S., contact the Federal Voting Assistance Program to register to vote.
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Share your feedback on EAC policy proposals, Election Resource Library materials, and OpenEAC activities. Give feedback on general issues, including the Web site, through our Contact Us page.
EAC has several projects under way to assist states in serving military and overseas citizens who register and vote absentee under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. Learn more
There are currently no System Advisory Notices for Dominion Democracy Suite 4.0. Visit our Quality Monitoring Program page for more information.
There are currently no Approved Changes to this system.
05/10/12 -- Certificate of Conformance
05/10/12 -- EAC Final Decision Granting Certification
05/10/12 -- Final Test Report - Rev. A (Wyle)
05/09/12 -- EAC Initial Decision Granting Certification
05/09/12 -- Final Test Report Requirements Matrix
05/02/12 -- Draft Test Report - Rev. A (Wyle)
Appendix A - Additional Findings
A.1 - Notice of Anomaly
A.2 - Hardware Test Report
A.3 - Functional Configuration Audit Test Case Procedure
A.4 - Security Test Case Procedure Specification
A.5 - Usability Test Case Procedure Specification
A.6 - Election Definitions
A.7 - Technical Data Package Review Report
A.7-1 - TDP Review Summary
A.7-2 - TDP Compliance Matrix
A.8 - Dominion Source Code Review Report
A.9 - Physical Configuration Audit
A.10 - Dominion Security Assessment Report
A.11 - Deficiency Report
A.12 - Summative Usability Report
A.12-1 - Usability Study Imagecast Precinct (ICP)
A.12-2 - Usability Study Imagecast Evolution(ICE)
Appendix B - Dominion Warrant of Acceptance Change Control
Appendix C - Dominion Witness Build Procedure
Appendix D - Dominion Democracy Suite 4.0 As Run Test Plan
Appendix E - Democracy Suite Requirements Matrix
Appendix F - Dominion Conformity Statement
Appendix G - Dominion Attestation of Durability
03/23/12 -- Draft Test Report (Wyle)
A.12-1 - Usability Study Imagecast Precinct(ICP)
11/30/11 -- Draft Test Plan - Rev. C (Wyle)
10/25/11 -- Draft Test Plan - Rev. B (Wyle)
09/26/11 -- Draft Test Plan - Rev. A (Wyle)
04/19/11 -- Draft Test Plan (Wyle)
12/06/11 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Rev. D
12/06/11 -- Approved Test Plan - Rev. D (Wyle)
04/20/10 -- Approval Letter of Voting System Testing Application Package
To view the System Advisory Notices for ES&S Unity 3.2.1.0, visit the Resource Library or visit our Quality Monitoring Program page for more information.
To view Approved Changes to this system visit our Changes to Certified Systems page.
04/04/11 -- Certificate of Conformance
03/29/11 -- EAC Final Decision Granting Certification
03/22/11 -- EAC Initial Decision Granting Certification
03/22/11 -- Final Test Report Requirements Matrix (Wyle)
03/10/11 -- Final Test Report - Rev. A (Wyle)
02/28/11 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Rev. B
02/28/11 -- Final Test Plan - Rev. B (Wyle)
03/24/10 -- Approval Letter for Reuse of SysTest Prior Testing
03/24/10 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Ver. 5.0
03/24/10 -- Final Test Plan - Ver. 5.0 (iBeta)
02/28/11 -- Draft Test Report (Wyle)
01/25/11 -- Draft Test Plan - Rev. A (Wyle)
12/13/10 -- Partial Draft Test Report - Ver. 1.0 (iBeta)
01/25/10 -- Draft Test Plan - Ver. 3.0 (iBeta)
11/12/09 -- Draft Test Plan - Ver. 2.0 (iBeta)
09/18/09 -- Draft Test Plan - Ver. 1.0 (iBeta)
01/11/11 -- EAC letter to ES&S granting their request to replace iBeta Lab
12/10/10 -- ES&S letter to EAC requesting permission to change VSTL
09/11/09 -- EAC Approval of iBeta ESS Unity 3.2.1.0 Source Code Reuse
08/13/09 -- iBeta Recommendation to EAC on ESS Unity 3.2.1.0 Source Code Reuse (iBeta)
There are currently no System Advisory Notices for MicroVote EMS Ver.4.0. Visit our Quality Monitoring Program page for more information.
05/16/12 -- Certificate of Conformance
05/16/12 -- EAC Final Decision Granting Certification
05/10/12 -- EAC Initial Decision Granting Certification
05/08/12 -- Final Test Report Rev. A (Wyle)
03/29/12 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Rev. B
03/27/12 -- Approved Test Plan - Rev. B (Wyle)
01/27/12 -- Approval Letter of Voting System Testing Application Package
04/24/12 -- Draft Test Report (Wyle)
03/09/12 -- Draft Test Plan - Rev. A (Wyle)
02/09/12 -- Draft Test Plan (Wyle)
To view the System Advisory Notices for ES&S Unity 3.2.0.0 Rev. 1 Modification, visit the Resource Library or visit our Quality Monitoring Program page for more information.
10/12/10 -- Final Test Report - Ver. 4.0 and Appendix A, B, & G (iBeta)
10/08/10 -- Certificate of Conformance
09/23/10 -- Final Test Plan - Ver. 4.0 (iBeta)
08/24/10 -- Final Decision Granting Certification
07/22/10 -- Initial Decision Granting Certification
07/02/10 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Ver. 2.0
07/02/10 -- Approved Test Plan - Ver. 2.0 (iBeta) (PDF 555KB)
07/21/10 -- Draft Test Report - Ver. 2.0 and Appendix A, B, & G (iBeta)
06/30/10 -- Draft Test Report - Ver. 1.0 (iBeta)
06/24/10 -- Draft Test Plan - Ver. 1.0 (iBeta)
To view the System Advisory Notices for ES&S Unity 3.2.0.0, visit the Resource Library or visit our Quality Monitoring Program page for more information.
02/01/12 -- Notice of Non-Compliance
12/20/11 -- Formal Investigation Report
05/25/11 -- Formal Investigation Anomaly Status
03/03/11 -- Timeline of Activities
03/01/11 -- Notice of Initiation of Formal Investigation and Investigation Authorization
07/21/09 -- EAC Final Decision Granting Certification
07/21/09 -- Certificate of Conformance
07/20/09 -- EAC Initial Decision Granting Certification
07/22/09 -- Final Test Report - Ver. 4.0 (iBeta) (Includes Appendix K)
04/07/09 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Ver. 2.0
04/03/09 -- Final Test Plan - Ver. 2.0 (iBeta)
07/17/09 -- Draft Test Report - Ver. 3.0 (iBeta) (PDF 12MB)
07/16/09 -- Draft Test Report - Ver. 2.0 (iBeta) (PDF 12MB)
06/30/09 -- Draft Test Report - Ver. 1.0 (iBeta)
03/10/09 -- Draft Test Plan - Ver. 1.0 (iBeta) (PDF 33MB)
10/22/08 -- Summary Test Report - Rev. 03 (SysTest)
08/28/08 -- Test Report Requirements Matrix (iBeta)
09/26/07 -- Draft Test Plan - Rev. 03 (SysTest)
Attachment A: Document Report
Attachment B: 2002 Supported Functionality Declaration
Attachment D: DS200 and Ballot Box Test Plan
07/07/10 -- EAC response letter to ES&S regarding notification of malfunction
06/29/10 -- ES&S letter to EAC regarding notification of malfunction
05/25/10 -- EAC Letter on De Minimus Changes to Unity 3.2.0.0 (Matrix of De Minimus Changes)
02/12/09 -- EAC approval of iBeta request to reuse portions of SysTest's testing of ES&S Unity 3.2.0.0
02/03/09 -- EAC letter to ES&S on reuse of testing
02/03/09 -- EAC letter to iBeta QA Director on reuse of testing
01/14/09 -- iBeta recommendation on reuse of SysTest PCA Document Review in ES&S Unity 3.2.0.0 testing
01/16/09 -- iBeta letter to EAC on ES&S Unity 3.2.0.0 source code review
11/18/08 -- EAC letter to ES&S granting their request to replace SysTest Lab
10/31/08 -- ES&S letter to EAC requesting permission to change VSTL
To view the System Advisory Notices for MicroVote EMS Ver.4.0B Modification, visit the Resource Library or visit our Quality Monitoring Program page for more information.
08/23/10 -- Certificate of Conformance
08/17/10 -- EAC Final Decision Granting Certification
08/12/10 -- EAC Initial Decision Granting Certification
06/21/10 -- Final Test Report - Rev. C (Wyle)
09/28/09 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan
09/08/09 -- Final Test Plan (Wyle)
02/24/10 -- Draft Test Report (Wyle)
02/06/09 -- EAC Final Decision Granting Certification
02/06/09 -- Certificate of Conformance (updated)
12/31/08 -- EAC Initial Decision Granting Certification
03/02/09 -- Final Test Report - Ver. 5.0 (iBeta) (PDF 13MB -- Includes Hardware Environmental Report)
01/22/08 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Ver. 3.0
10/23/07 -- Final Test Plan - Ver. 3.0 (iBeta)
12/19/08 -- Draft Test Report - Ver. 4.0 (iBeta)
09/26/08 -- Draft Test Report - Ver. 2.0 (iBeta)
09/19/08 -- Draft Test Report Requirements Matrix Rev. 5.3
06/25/08 -- Draft Test Report - Ver. 1.0 (iBeta)
09/27/07 -- Draft Test Plan - Ver. 2.0 (iBeta)
02/03/09 -- MicroVote letter to EAC on Trusted Build and System Identification Tools
02/02/09 -- iBeta letter to EAC on Trusted Build for MicroVote EMS V.4.0
To view the System Advisory Notices for Premier Assure 1.2, visit the Resource Library or visit our Quality Monitoring Program page for more information.
08/06/09 -- EAC Final Decision Granting Certification
08/06/09 -- Certificate of Conformance
08/03/09 -- EAC Initial Decision Granting Certification
08/06/09 -- Final Test Report - Ver. 3.0 (iBeta)
04/07/09 -- Approval Letter -Test Plan Ver. 2.0
04/06/09 -- Final Test Plan - Ver. 2.0 (iBeta)
05/13/08 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Rev. 09 (SysTest)
05/01/08 -- Final Test Plan - Rev. 09 (SysTest)
07/30/09 -- Draft Test Report - Ver. 2.0 (iBeta)
07/22/09 -- Draft Test Report - Ver. 1.0 (iBeta)
03/05/09 -- Draft Test Plan - Ver. 1.0 (iBeta)
10/20/08 -- Draft Test Plan - Rev. 11 (SysTest)
04/30/08 -- Premier Letter to EAC Regarding Voting System Testing Application (PRM0701) Amendment #5 Changes to the Assure 1.2 Submission
04/14/08 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Rev. 08
04/01/08 -- Approved Test Plan - Rev. 08 (SysTest)
02/22/08 -- Draft Test Report (SysTest)
11/05/07 -- Draft Test Plan - Rev. 04 (SysTest)
06/27/07 -- Draft Test Plan - Rev. 03 (SysTest)
03/18/11 -- Letter to EAC regarding deployment of Assure 1.2 Systems
10/20/09 -- EAC letter concerning consideration of California's TTBR in Premier Assure 1.2 test plan
02/10/09 -- EAC letter to iBeta on reuse of prior testing conducted by SysTest Laboratories
02/03/09 -- EAC letter to iBeta Quality Manager on reuse of testing
01/16/09 -- EAC letter to iBeta on reuse of prior testing
01/08/09 -- iBeta letter to EAC on reuse of prior testing
11/20/08 -- EAC letter to Premier on reuse of prior testing
10/31/08 -- EAC letter to Premier granting their request to replace SysTest Lab
10/29/08 -- Premier letter to EAC requesting permission to change VSTL
There are currently no System Advisory Notices for Unisyn OpenElect Ver.1.1 Modification. Visit our Quality Monitoring Program page for more information.
04/09/12 -- EAC Final Decision Granting Certification
04/09/12 -- Certificate of Conformance
04/04/12 -- EAC Initial Decision Granting Certification
03/16/12 -- Final Test Report - Rev. A (Wyle)
Appendix A - Notices of Anomaly
Appendix B - Photographs
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
12/01/11 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Rev. A
11/17/11 -- Approved Test Plan - Rev. A (Wyle)
07/28/11 -- Approval Letter of Voting System Testing Application Package
02/29/12 -- Draft Test Report - Section 1 & Section 2 (Wyle)
10/13/11 -- Draft Test Plan (Wyle)
There are currently no System Advisory Notices for Unisyn OpenElect Ver.1.0.1 Modification. Visit our Quality Monitoring Program page for more information.
07/21/11 -- EAC Final Decision Granting Certification
07/21/11 -- Certificate of Conformance
06/28/11 -- EAC Initial Decision Granting Certification
06/21/11 -- Final Test Report Rev. A (Wyle)
04/21/11 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Rev. A
04/15/11 -- Approved Test Plan - Rev. A (Wyle)
03/24/11 -- Approval Letter of Voting System Testing Application Package
06/07/11 -- Draft Test Report (Wyle)
04/08/11 -- Draft Test Plan (Wyle)
There are currently no System Advisory Notices for Unisyn OpenElect Ver. 1.0. Visit our Quality Monitoring Program page for more information.
01/13/10 -- EAC Final Decision Granting Certification
01/13/10 -- Certificate of Conformance
01/12/10 -- EAC Initial Decision Granting Certification
01/14/10 -- Final Test Report - Rev. B (Wyle)
08/12/09 -- Approval Letter - Test Plan Rev. B
07/23/09 -- Final Test Plan - Rev. B (Wyle)
Appendix A.Requirements Matrix - Rev. B
Appendix B.Supported Functionality Declaration - Rev. B
Appendix D.Physical Configuration Audit - Rev. B
Appendix E.Source Code Review Report - Rev. B
Appendix G.Project Schedule - Rev. B
01/07/10 -- Draft Test Report - Rev. A (Wyle) and Summary and Appendix
12/29/09 -- Draft Test Report (Wyle) and Appendices
07/23/09 -- Draft Test Plan - Rev. A (Wyle)
06/05/09 -- Draft Test Plan (Wyle)
Appendix A, B, & G
11/10/08 -- EAC letter to Unysin granting their request to replace SysTest Lab
11/06/08 -- Unisyn letter to EAC requesting permission to change VSTL
07/24/08 -- Certification Application for Unisyn’s OpenElect Voting System (OVS) version 1.0