So I want to compare the regulatory process it takes to write software for a medical device compared to a voting machine. A thread:
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If you want to copy patient data off a medical device using a thumb drive, HIPAA regs require you to have a destruction plan for that drive.
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For voting machines, it just gets copied to a laptop, whatevs.
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If you're like, "wow, that seems like there's a lot of potential failure modes" then indeed you are correct.
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In my precinct, I fill in a scantron thingy. Except it's not really a scantron, it's like a printed word doc. And the machine eats it.
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Does it get my vote right? Is it robust to dirty fingerprints and pen colors and creases in the paper? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Can I look up a database and see failures and recalls? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@Slestac points me to this: https://www.eac.gov/testing_and_certification/testing_and_certification_program.aspx … This exists as a certification effort, but seems to lack the FDA's teeth. -
To be clear: industry standards are not enough in high-risk devices. Regulatory oversight by a congressionally-empowered agency is needed.
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This document contains all state regulations: https://www.eac.gov/assets/1/Page/State%20Requirements%20and%20the%20Federal%20Voting%20System%20Testing%20and%20Certification%20Program.pdf … Most back-trace to federal *certification* requirements.
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Ostensibly, purchasers for voting machines are gov'ts, so they can demand rigorous testing before buying. Do they? Doubt it
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at the bottom of the thread I link a document which contains all relevant state regulations.
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Note that mandating certification is an order of magnitude or more less potent than having codified regulations.
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agree that voting machine software should *at least* be audited but really -- it should be open source and widely reviewed.
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... general election because the manufacturer refused to submit to the recert.
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I only know this because I used to live in a county in PA that had to find new voting machines two months before the ...
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Pennsylvania had (has?) a certification requirement but it appeared to be a low bar.
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