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AAAS Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law

WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPING A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING TECHNOLOGIES

September 17-18, 2004

Convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Program

Friday, September 17, 2004
8:30am Continental Breakfast
9:00am Welcome and Overview of Workshop Goals

Shirley Malcom, AAAS
Wanda Ward, NSF
Mark S. Frankel, AAAS

9:15am Introductions
9:30am

Panel on the Status of Electronic Voting in the U.S. (How widespread is it? What's been the experience? What's the range of technologies used?)

Moderator: Stephen Nelson

Presenters: Stephen Ansolabehere, Susan Inman, Peter Maggs

10:45am Break
11:00am

Panel on the Challenges and Opportunities of Electronic Voting

Moderator: Al Teich, AAAS

Presenters: Henry Brady, James Dickson, Barbara Simons

1:00pm Lunch
1:45pm

Session on Cluster One Issues

Public trust and education
Impacts on voter participation/confidence
Impacts on representative democracy and political campaigns
Accessibility by various demographic groups

3:00pm

Session on Cluster Two Issues

Security/fraud/authentication
Privacy/confidentiality/anonymity
Accountability/audit trails

4:15pm Break
4:30pm

Session on Cluster Three Issues

Standards setting
Accuracy and reliability
Voting system certification
Measures and data to assess e-voting technology performance

5:45pm Recess
   
Saturday, September 18, 2004
8:30am Continental Breakfast
9:00am Reflections on Day One
10:00am Role and Tasks of Breakout Sessions
10:15am Breakout Sessions (3 groups of 8-10 each)
12:00pm Lunch
12:45pm Breakout Sessions Report to the Full Group with Discussion
2:15pm Wrap-up Session




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