Part of
a talk delivered to the ITU Workshop on ... issues in E-Government, June 6, 2003, Geneva
by
Douglas W. Jones
THE UNIVERSITY
OF IOWA
Department of Computer Science
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Role of National Government:
Set "voluntary" standards for voting systems.
Protect the right to vote with civil rights laws.
Enforce the equal protection clause of the constitution.
Protect special voting rights of military personnel.
Technically, there are no national elections
Each of 50 states (and 4 territories) is independent!