The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and NIST sponsored a two-and-a-half day symposium to explore emerging trends in voting system technology with the diverse election community at large. The sponsoring organizations seek to have lively discussion on the following topics:

• Why some jurisdictions are exploring building their own voting systems
• Trends in voting system technology acquisition and deployment plans
• How election officials, manufactures and academics view the future of voting system technologies
• Alternative standard development processes for voting systems
• Alternative methods for voting system testing and certification at the Federal and State level

The symposium provided an environment for interactive discussions among the attendees including election officials, voting system manufacturers, voting system test laboratories, standard developers, academics, and Federal, State, and local government officials.