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National Voter Registration Act (NVRA)

National Voter Registration Day

During the month of September, the EAC brought awareness to National Voter Registration Day by using a new Registration -> Participation campaign to highlight the importance of registering to vote, updating your current voter registration information, and why exercising the right to vote is fundamental to our democracy.
Start Time
 Tuesday, September 26, 2017 12:00 AM
End Time
 Tuesday, September 26, 2017 12:00 AM
Roundtable

Cybersecurity Roundtable

The EAC kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a live stream roundtable discussion on how to prevent cyberattacks and resources available for election officials developing incident response plans. The event brought together cybersecurity experts and local election officials who discussed the unique challenge hackers present, understanding what it means to be the target of a nation-state actor and the collaborative approach needed to update and strengthen jurisdictions’ cyber safeguards.
Start Time
 Wednesday, October 04, 2017 10:00 AM
End Time
 Wednesday, October 04, 2017 11:30 AM
Public Meeting

Public Meeting

The Commission received presentations on Successful Ballot Design, including the Ballot Design Process from Start to Finish; Ballot Design Accessibility, and Usability; and Successful Designs for Optical-scan Ballots, Direct Recording Device Ballots and Paper Ballots.
Start Time
 Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:00 PM
End Time
 Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:00 PM
Standards Board

Standards Board (Virtual Public Forum)

The EAC Standards Board reviewed and provided comment on eight draft chapters of the Election Management Guidelines. The draft chapters contained recommendations and best practices regarding: absentee voting and vote by mail; acceptance testing; ballot building; contingency planning and change management; developing an audit trail; polling place and vote center management; pre-election and parallel testing; and uniformed and overseas voters.
Start Time
 Monday, April 21, 2008 9:00 AM
End Time
 Friday, April 25, 2008 5:00 PM
Board of Advisors

Board Meeting - Board of Advisors

The EAC Board of Advisors reviewed and provided comment on eight draft chapters of the Election Management Guidelines. The draft chapters contain recommendations and best practices regarding: absentee voting and vote by mail; acceptance testing; ballot building; contingency planning and change management; developing an audit trail; polling place and vote center management; pre-election and parallel testing; and uniformed and overseas voters.
Start Time
 Monday, April 21, 2008 9:00 AM
End Time
 Friday, April 25, 2008 5:00 PM
Roundtable Discussion

Roundtable

The Commission hosted a voting advocates roundtable discussion of the Technical Guidelines Committee’s (TGDC) recommended Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. The discussion will be focused upon the following topics: (1)The development of a threat assessment; (2) The evaluation of innovative systems; (3) Open Ended Vulnerability Testing (OEVT); (4) testing of voting system software; (5) How best to strike the balance between usability and accessibility.
Start Time
 Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:00 AM
End Time
 Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:00 PM
Roundtable Discussion

Roundtable

The Commission hosted an election official roundtable discussion of the TGDC's recommended Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. The discussion will be focused upon: (1)The usability and readability of the proposed standards; (2) The creation of a risk assessment for voting systems; (3) Stability of the standards vs. the need to create flexible standards that promote innovation;(4) Open Ended Vulnerability Testing (OEVT) and how it fits into the proposed standards.
Start Time
 Friday, April 25, 2008 9:00 AM
End Time
 Friday, April 25, 2008 2:00 PM
Public Meeting

Public Meeting

The Commissioners considered the following items: whether to modify Advisory Opinion 07-003-A regarding Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funding, pursuant to HAVA Section 254 (a) (7); whether to update the Michigan state instructions on the national voter registration form. Commissioners will receive a briefing regarding HAVA State Plans, hold a fact-gathering hearing regarding Iowa's audit appeal, as part of the audit appeal process established by the Commission, and other administrative matters.
Start Time
 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:00 AM
End Time
 Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:00 PM
Roundtable Discussion

Roundtable

The Commission hosted an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion of the TGDC recommended Voluntary Voting System Guidelines. The discussion was focused on (1) the cost implications of the proposed VVSG; (2) the effect of the new standards on the time in process for voting systems; (3) increasing the efficiency of testing; (4) the possible implementation time of the next iteration of the VVSG; (5) Innovation in voting technology; (6) Risks associated with voting system technology.
Start Time
 Monday, May 05, 2008 9:00 AM
End Time
 Monday, May 05, 2008 2:00 PM
Board of Advisors

Board Meeting - Board of Advisors

The EAC Board of Advisors reviewed and provided comment oneight draft chapters of the Election Management Guidelines. Thedraft chapters contained recommendations and best practicesregarding: absentee voting and vote by mail; acceptance testing;ballot building; contingency planning and change management;developing an audit trail; polling place and vote center management; pre-election and parallel testing; and uniformed andoverseas voters.
Start Time
 Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:00 AM
End Time
 Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:00 AM
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