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EAC vice chair briefs Idaho Senate State Affairs on HAVA grants, testing standards and election support
Summary
Don Palmer, vice chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, told the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee that HAVA-created testing, grant programs and new technical standards support state and local election officials and that Idaho has used federal funds for voting equipment and cybersecurity.
At a meeting of the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee, Don Palmer, vice chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, briefed members on the Help America Vote Act’s testing and grant programs and the commission’s role supporting state and local election officials.
Palmer said the EAC was created after the 2000 election to establish testing and standards for voting systems, to serve as a clearinghouse for best practices and to distribute federal assistance. "What they did with the EAC was they created this agency that's bipartisan," Palmer said. He described the EAC’s testing and certification program for voting machines, the new Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.0 and a field-services program that investigates anomalies and audits…
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