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VVSG Editions Listed on the EAC Page

The adoption statement and edition groupings displayed on the EAC's Voluntary Voting System Guidelines page.

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What matters now

  • The EAC's Commissioners unanimously adopted VVSG 2.0 on February 10, 2021, per the EAC's own VVSG program page.
  • The EAC's page organizes editions under two top-level headings, with "1990 FEC Standards" nested inside "Legacy Guidelines."
  • The page displays both an "Approved Guidelines" heading and a "Legacy Guidelines" heading.
  • This article reports the page's adoption statement and labels; it does not identify a jurisdiction's equipment standard or assess system performance.

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Voluntary Voting System Guidelines page states that its Commissioners unanimously adopted VVSG 2.0 on February 10, 2021. The page also displays separate “Approved Guidelines” and “Legacy Guidelines” headings and a “1990 FEC Standards” subsection.

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Key points

  • The page says the EAC’s Commissioners unanimously adopted VVSG 2.0 on February 10, 2021 (EAC VVSG page).
  • It displays an “Approved Guidelines” heading (EAC VVSG page).
  • It also displays a “Legacy Guidelines” heading with a “1990 FEC Standards” subsection (EAC VVSG page).

Adoption statement

The page states:

“On February 10, 2021, the EAC’s Commissioners unanimously adopted the newest VVSG standard, version 2.0.” — EAC VVSG page

How the page groups the editions

The page presents an “Approved Guidelines” heading and a separate “Legacy Guidelines” heading. Within the latter, it shows a “1990 FEC Standards” subsection (EAC VVSG page).

What this page establishes

The cited page establishes the adoption statement and the labels it displays. It does not by itself identify the guideline version used for a particular jurisdiction or voting system.

What this article does not answer

This article does not identify a particular jurisdiction’s equipment standard or make a claim about voting-system performance.

Sources
  1. EAC Voluntary Voting System Guidelines program page
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