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1. Name: Britain Williams, Ph.D.  
2. Title: Electronic Voting System Examiner

3. Voting Machines
Position:		 Pro to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?"
4. Reasoning:

"On a DRE voting system the elector's ballot is validated by not allowing over-votes and presenting a summary screen listing all choices and highlighting under-votes. The elector is allowed to change their selections as many times as they wish before casting their ballot. It should also be noted that the DRE voting system is the only voting system that allows the visually handicapped elector the opportunity to cast and validate their ballot without assistance." (Comments requested by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission following Dr. Williams testimony on May 5, 2004)

5. Credibility
Ranking:		  Experts
Election officials, people with post-graduate degrees in a computer science, J.D.s, Members of Congress, or elected officials with significant involvement in, or related to, electronic voting machine issues

6. Involvement:
  • 1986-current - Electronic voting system examiner for Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
  • Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Information Systems, Kennesaw State University
  • 1990, 2002 - Consultant to the Federal Election Commission on the development of Voting System Standards (VSS)
  • Chair, National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) Voting Systems Board Technical Committee
7. Education:
  • Not listed
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • Member, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Project 1583 to shape standards for evaluation of voting equipment
  • Member, NASED Voting Systems Board
  • Member, National Institute of Standards and Technology's Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) for electronic voting system standards
9. Contact Info:
Phone: (770) 423-6422 Fax: (770) 423-6905
E-Mail: bwilliam@kennesaw.edu
Web Site: http://elections.kennesaw.edu
10. Other:
  • Testified before the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on May 5, 2004
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