U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery: “…the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a paper recommending that federal standards allow certification only for “software independent” (i.e. ones that create a paper trail) e-voting systems. A key technical panel will consider and vote upon the recommendations this [week]. Calling these recommendations an important step forward for improving e-voting machine security, USACM issued a letter urging the panel to adopt the recommendations…”