Background
This document was updated in January 2009 to include the results of GAO’s 2007 Survey
of State Voting System
Programs. The purpose of the survey was to collect nationwide information on
requirements, activities, experiences, changes, and views relative to: voting
methods and systems used; voting system approval, testing, and problem management;
and federal resources and services. The Web-based survey was made available to
state-level election officials in all 50 states, four U.S. territories, and the
District of Columbia. We obtained responses from 47 states, all 4 territories,
and the District of Columbia. The total number of responses to individual questions
may be fewer than 52, depending upon how many states and territories, including the District,
were eligible or chose
to respond to a particular question. The scope of this work did not include contacting
election officials from local jurisdictions to verify survey responses.
A more detailed discussion of our scope and methodology and a discussion
of selected survey results are contained in our report entitled
Elections: States, Territories, and the District Are Taking a Range
of Important Steps to Manage their Varied Voting System Environments,
GAO-08-874.
We conducted our Web-based survey of state-level election officials
from December 2007 to April 2008. We conducted our overall study from October
2007 to September 2008.
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