Illinois State Board of Elections

Jesse R. Smart (Chairman)

Charles W. Scholz (Vice Chairman)

William M. McGuffage

Harold D. Byers

Betty J. Coffrin

Ernest L. Gowen

Bryan A. Schneider

Casandra B. Watson

Rupert T. Borgsmiller (Executive Director)

Steve Sandvoss (General Counsel) September 14, 2013

Defend the Vote - Agenda Items:

1) Security of Electronic Voting Machines – What is the evidence?

a. Dominion Voting – Edge Plus 2

i. Document outlining issues and facts related to the EdgePlus2

1. The System is not compliant with Illinois Election Code or ISBE Rules

ii. No longer manufactures the EdgePlus 2

iii. No longer has it’s WinEds 4.0 System pending approval from the EAC

iv. Stated to the Chicago Board of Elections and to Defend the Vote that they were EAC compliant

when they are not.

v. The deliberate blocking of security testing of their system

vi. The EdgePlus2 is not certified by any outside group

vii. Howard Cramer stated to Defend the Vote’s Sharon Meroni that their DRE election system

would not pass a vulnerability assessment

viii. Howard Cramer told Sharon Meroni that Dominion has withdrawn from the DRE market

because the machines are not as secure. They now only manufacture optical scan machines

ix. Verified Voting Report

1. Data Integrity

2. Cryptography

3. Access Control

4. Software Engineering

x. California Elections Commission and Dominion Voting

xi. Information about how ISBE tested the machines

1. Interim Approval of WinEDS 4.0 no longer valid

2. The program does not test for security problems

3. Follow-up to assure that manufacturer recommendations are complied with.

2) Update: Argonne National Laboratory Vulnerability Assessment: Ongoing and New Investigations -

a. Argonne is fully capable of testing these machines

i. Electronic Voting Equipment: Edge Plus II - Stalled

ii. Electronic Voting Equipment: eSlate – Just beginning

b. Illinois State Board of Elections – Review of Election Training Materials

i. To review the Security of Voting Processes and the related instruction.

1. Election Judge Training to include instructions on Seal inspection

2. Election Judge training to include instructions on signature verification

3. ISBE approval of the Sequoia Dominion EdgePlus @ was conditional that the machines

must be calibrated whenever moved. This is not included in the election judge or

equipment manager instructions.

ii. Instructions on seal security in training materials.

1. Tamper Resistant Seals

2. Manufacturing Instructions

c. State Supervision of Election Security

i. Review of ISBE role and corresponding processes in monitoring election security.

3) Early Voting: Are election jurisdictions allowed to transmit results to a centralized location during early voting?

a. Controls in place to address this practice

4) Absentee Voting

a. Counting the ballots before 7pm on Election Day

i. Security controls with this information

b. Audits of the Absentee vote

5) Election Seals used in Illinois –

a. Video from Argonne National Laboratory: Stopping Election Fraud - Are The Seals That Protect Your Vote

Safe?

b. Discussion of ISBE’s role in approval of election tamper evident seals

6) Provisional Voting

a. Security and chain of custody issues

b. Transferring ballots between Chicago and Suburban Cook

c. Voters are disenfranchised on votes related to public questions.