United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2008-02-08 monographic deposited born digital 44 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-425T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-425T P0b002ee180386b01 f:d08425t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-425T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-425T GAO-08-425T Calibration Elections Electronic equipment System vulnerabilities Systems analysis Systems evaluation Systems management Systems monitoring Systems testing Voting Voting records Florida Testimony A80609 In November 2006, about 18,000 undervotes were reported in Sarasota County in the race for Florida's 13th Congressional District (Florida-13). After the election results were contested in the House of Representatives, the task force unanimously voted to seek GAO's assistance in determining whether the voting systems contributed to the large undervote in Sarasota County. In October 2007, GAO presented its findings on the review of the voting systems and concluded that while prior tests and reviews provided some assurance that the voting systems performed correctly, they were not enough to provide reasonable assurance that the voting systems in Sarasota County did not contribute to the undervote. GAO proposed that a firmware verification test, a ballot test, and a calibration test be conducted. The task force requested that GAO proceed with the proposed additional tests. GAO also verified whether source code escrowed by Florida could be rebuilt into the firmware used in Sarasota County. To conduct its work, GAO conducted tests on a sample of voting systems used in Sarasota County during the 2006 general election. GAO witnessed the rebuild of the firmware from the escrowed source code at the manufacturer's development facility. GAO reviewed test documentation from Florida, Sarasota County, and the voting system manufacturer and met with election officials to prepare the test protocols and detailed test procedures. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-425T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-425T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-425T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-425T.pdf GAO-08-425T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-425T Testimony GAO-08-425T; Elections: Results of GAO's Testing of Voting Systems Used in Sarasota County in Florida's 13th Congressional District; Calibration Elections Electronic equipment System vulnerabilities Systems analysis Systems evaluation Systems management Systems monitoring Systems testing Voting Voting records Florida