<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Wack, John (Fed)</b> <<a href="mailto:john.wack@nist.gov">john.wack@nist.gov</a>><br>Date: Monday, July 25, 2016<br>Subject: [VVSG-election] Call for participation in a new interoperability subgroup on defining a common data format for cast vote records<br>To: vvsg-interoperability <<a href="mailto:vvsg-interoperability@nist.gov">vvsg-interoperability@nist.gov</a>>, vvsg-election <<a href="mailto:vvsg-election@nist.gov">vvsg-election@nist.gov</a>>, vvsg-post-election <<a href="mailto:vvsg-post-election@nist.gov">vvsg-post-election@nist.gov</a>>, vvsg-pre-election <<a href="mailto:vvsg-pre-election@nist.gov">vvsg-pre-election@nist.gov</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is a call for participation in a new subgroup of the interoperability working group, to create a specification for a cast vote records (CVR) common data format (CDF). This specification is intended for devices that capture and/or store
a voter’s cast vote record (an electronic representation of the voter’s voted ballot), e.g., a DRE, a scanner, or some other type of voting device. The CDF would contain necessary attributes and elements to capture information about the device and then each
cast vote record stored on the device. Additionally, the CDF may include summary information, such as a summary of ballots cast or rejected, or a summary of votes cast in the various contests - whatever summaries are appropriate and useful.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some work has already been started on this CDF – an strawman use case has been created along with a UML model/XML schema, thus the subgroup would NOT need to start from scratch. However, the use case and model need to be reviewed as they
are likely to be incomplete or contain some false assumptions.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone/everyone is encouraged to join this group, and it needs membership from the following groups:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Election officials who understand various use cases for cast vote records, how they are used currently in voting devices, and how they may be used in the future<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Manufacturers of voting devices who have familiarity with cast vote records<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Those familiar with security attributes that are/may be needed to protect cast vote record confidentiality/integrity<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Will this CDF be included in the next VVSG? This will shake out as more time goes by. However, there is a decent amount of likelihood that it will be included and thus, it would be important to finish this CDF without too much delay. I
may be tempting the devil here by saying that I don’t think this should be too complicated of a CDF :-). One of the reasons I say this is that the CDF we created for election results reporting was used to build this initial strawman model, thus many things
should be familiar to those who participated in that effort. The election results reporting model actually contains the capability to report on cast vote records for various different devices, but at a more general level that is appropriate for results reporting
and not some of the other uses of this CDF, which could include reporting but also auditing.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are interested and feel you can contribute to this group, please send mail to me, John Wack, at the following address, and I will add you to a mailing list:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','john.wack@nist.gov');" target="_blank">john.wack@nist.gov</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will, within the next week or so, schedule an initial meeting, where I'll go over the use case and model, and see whether you like it or not. In some of the other subgroups, we've had a number of very enjoyable discussions involving election
officials and manufacturers and developers, oriented around increasing our understanding of the subject matter and the use case that the CDF will be designed to meet. The initial use case and a picture of the UML model are attached. If you have any questions,
please let me know.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers, John<u></u><u></u></p>
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