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United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To help address security and reliability concerns of ageing equipment, the election jurisdictions should be mandated to review and periodically upgrade or replace existing outdated voting technology solutions. Such equipment should have a voter-verified paper audit trail to support methods to verify the machine-based vote counts.
Recommendation # in final report:
32
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
Jurisdictions using Ballot Marking Devices for voting should provide comprehensive voter information to ensure that voters check that their ballots were marked as intended. In addition, scanning technologies that read and allow voteryvoters to verify their printed choices could be considered to ensure that there is no discrepancy of scrutinizing the ballots.
Recommendation # in final report:
33
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
In order to enhance transparency and voter confidence, jurisdictions should consider the use of ballots in which all elements indicating voter’s choices are human readable.
Recommendation # in final report:
34
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
The Election Assistance Commission’s mandate on certification of voting machines could be broadened to include the authority to decertify voting technologies based on emerging cyber security threats. The Commission’s mandate on certification should be extended to voter registration systems, electronic poll books, ballot-on-demand solutions and results transmission systems.
Recommendation # in final report:
35
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To prevent unauthorized access to voting equipment due to security gaps, election officials in all jurisdictions should consider a detailed and formalized examination of their maintenance, storage, testing and set-up procedures to facilitate trust in the conduct of elections.
Recommendation # in final report:
36
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2020
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
All jurisdictions relying on technology for voting, counting of votes and tabulation of results should mandate some form of a post-election audit as a results verification method.
Recommendation # in final report:
37
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
Voting Technologies
United States of America
2022
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
All jurisdictions using electronic ballot scanning and tabulation should mandate that tabulation audits must be conducted before an election is certified and that the findings of the audit are binding for the results of an election.
Recommendation # in final report:
18
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
New Voting Technologies and Cybersecurity
United States of America
2022
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance transparency and voter confidence, printouts from BMDs should only reflect voter’s choices in a human-readable format. Jurisdictions should conduct voter education campaigns encouraging voters using BMDs to verify the contents of their printed ballot. Additionally, election officials should incorporate the periodic testing of BMDs before and during election day, as part of voting operations.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
New Voting Technologies and Cybersecurity
United States of America
2022
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
The process for certifying voting equipment should be more responsive, to allow for component-level certification and the ability to react in a timely manner to emerging cybersecurity threats. The Elections Assistance Commission’s certification scope should be widened to embrace all critical parts of the voting system, including electronic poll books.
Recommendation # in final report:
20
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2024
Final report heading:
New Voting Technologies and Cybersecurity
United States of America
2024
LEOM
Presidential
and Parliamentary
To support election officials and contestants in countering disinformation and protecting election infrastructure, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in cooperation with other federal agencies, could develop additional training and methodological materials and deliver training aimed at mitigating election management risks.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Technologies and Cyber Security
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