IEEE
SIGNS VOTEHERE'S JIM ADLER FOR BOOK ON ELECTRONIC VOTING
Contact:
Jennifer
Curley, VoteHere, Inc.
Jennifer@Curleycompany.com;
+1 202.422.6244
Karen McCabe,
IEEE Standards Association
k.mccabe@ieee.org; +1 732
562 3824
Piscataway,
NJ and Bellevue, WA USA- 2 November 2004 - The Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), under its Standards
Press program, has engaged with VoteHere, Inc. Founder and CEO,
Jim Adler, to write a book on electronic voting security and voter
confidence. Tentatively titled: "Where's My Vote? A Framework
for Securing the Electronic Ballot and Gaining Voter Confidence,"
the book will explain how technology can enhance electronic voting
and prove that votes are counted properly.
"Where's
My Vote" will discuss the issues and analyze the technology
behind electronic voting, verification, and audit. Electronic
voting technology has ignited a national debate surrounding the
security of our elections. This book will establish a framework
for secure election systems, now and in the future.
"A book
on voting security is an important contribution to the current
debate," said Susan Tatiner, Associate Managing Director
for Technical Program Development in the IEEE Standards Association.
"Mr. Adler is a recognized expert and pioneer in electronic
voting technology."
Upon their
agreement Mr. Adler commented, "I believe these issues are
very timely and my hope is that the security solutions discussed
in this book can help guide election reform, so that election
leaders and voters might better understand the fundamental science
of elections and the proper role of technology in providing transparent
and auditable elections."
What has been
missing in the electronic voting and ballot verification debate
is a scientific framework to break through the issues regarding
the current election system. "Where's My Vote" provides
this framework in the context of providing a unified theory of
elections for verification and confidence.
Jim Adler
is Founder and CEO of VoteHere, the leading worldwide provider
of electronic voting security technology. Mr. Adler is widely
regarded as an authority on the subjects of cryptography, Internet
security and e-voting. Mr. Adler co-chairs the IEEE voter-verifiable
standards group and served on California's groundbreaking 1999
Internet Voting Task Force. He has testified before U.S. Congress,
the European Parliament, and state legislatures on the subject
of e-voting security.
About IEEE
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About VoteHere
VoteHere, Inc. is an industry leader in secure, patented voter
verification and election audit technology. VoteHere technology
has been used in over 90 elections in the US and Europe, for over
50 worldwide clients and partners, reaching nearly 13 million
voters. For more information about VoteHere, visit the company's
website at www.votehere.com.
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