Applies To: Voting system

Test Reference: Part 3: 4.3 “Verification of Design Requirements”, 5.2 “Functional Testing”, 5.3 “Benchmarks”

DISCUSSION

The pollbook audit is critical for blocking various threats on voting systems, such as simply inserting additional votes into the voting system. This requirement and its subrequirement are high-level “goal” requirements whose aim is to ensure that the voting system produces records that are adequate and usable by election officials for conducting pollbook audits. This requirement is supported by various other requirements for general reporting and in Part 1:4.3 “Electronic Records”. It can be tested as part of the volume tests discussed in Part 1:7.8 “Reporting” and Part 3:5.3 “Benchmarks”; this type of testing may be useful for assessing the usability of the audit records for typical election environments.

Source: [VVSG2005] I.2.1.5.1