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More Great Links

• Internet Voting Technology Alliance
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• VoteHere.net
• VerifiedVoting.org
• Election Data Services

Sources

• “Asking the Right Questions About Electronic Voting”, the National Academies Press, 2005. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11449.html
• The Voting Rights Act of 1965. http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro_b.htm
• The Help America Vote Act of 2002. http://www.fed.gov/hava/law_ext.txt
• Federal Voting Assistance Program – e-Voting Initiatives. http://www.fvap.gov/services/evoting.html
• Mandatory Manual Audits of Voter-Verified Paper Records. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
• Election Data Services 2006 Voting Equipment Study. http://www.edssurvey.com/images/File/ve2006_nrpt.pdf
• “Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?” http://www.votingmachinesprocon.org
• “About the EAC”. Election Assistance Commission. http://eac.gov/about.asp?format=none
• "Diebold Weighs Strategy for E-Voting," NewsFactor, 2007. http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=50483