Group Seeks E-Voting Standards

By Kim Zetter
Dec. 16, 2003

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, the keepers of the atomic clock and the official arbiters of time in the United States, will attempt to restore trust and confidence in voting systems.

That was the institute's announcement last week when it convened a conference in Gaithersburg, Maryland, to gather input from election officials, secretaries of state, voting-machine makers, computer security professionals and voting activists about how to address voters' lagging confidence in election systems -- particularly in electronic voting systems.

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