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2/2/22, 5:34 PM Elections Industry Guidelines

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Learning Topic

Elections Industry Guidelines The Help America Vote Act of 2002 authorized the National Institute of Standards and

Technology (NIST) to assist the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) by providing

technical guidelines and advisement on issues such as:

voting systems-related computer, network, and data storage security

fraud detection and prevention

voter privacy protection

accessible voting technologies for individuals with disabilities and varying levels of

literacy

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