Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project

To help prevent a recurrence of the problems that threatened the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, Caltech President David Baltimore and MIT President Charles Vest established the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project in December 2000. For the past several months MIT and Caltech researchers have been evaluating the technical accuracy of U.S. voting systems and developing specific uniform guidelines and requirements for reliable voting systems. At this congressional briefing, key faculty members from MIT and Caltech reported on the results of the project.

A report on the project's first phase was released four days later on July 16, 2001, and can be obtained here. A preview of that report was distributed at this briefing.

Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project Findings and Recommendations
July 12, 2001, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 1310 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Hosted by: Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH), Chairman, Committee on House Administration Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Ranking Member, Committee on House Administration Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI), Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards, House Committee on Science Presented by: The American Association for the Advancement of Science, California Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Welcome and Introduction Dr. Albert H. Teich Director, Science and Policy Programs American Association for the Advancement of Science The Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project: Findings and Recommendations Dr. Stephen Ansolabehere, Professor of Political Science, MIT Dr. Thomas R. Palfrey, Professor of Economics and Political Science, Caltech Dr. Jehoshua "Shuki" Bruck, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Caltech Dr. Ted Selker, Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab
To help prevent a recurrence of the problems that threatened the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, Caltech President David Baltimore and MIT President Charles Vest established the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project in December 2000. For the past several months MIT and Caltech researchers have been evaluating the technical accuracy of U.S. voting systems and developing specific uniform guidelines and requirements for reliable voting systems. At this congressional briefing, key faculty members from MIT and Caltech reported on the results of the project. A report on the project's first phase was released four days later on July 16, 2001, and can be obtained here. A preview of that report was distributed at this briefing.
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