U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Public Hearing Agenda
Thursday, June 30, 2005
11:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Public Hearing on the EAC’s Proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Call to Order (Chair Hillman)

Pledge of Allegiance(Chair Hillman)

Roll Call

Adoption of Agenda (Chair Hillman)

Presentations on Proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (Introductions by Chair Hillman)

Panel 1: Testing Laboratories’ Perspectives on the proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

• Joe Hazeltine, Senior Director, Eastern Test Operations, Wyle Laboratories

• Carolyn Coggins, Director of ITA Operations, SysTest Labs, LLC

Break

Panel 2: Presentations from Vendors regarding the proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

• John Groh, President, ES&S International

• Jim Adler, CEO, Vote Here

• Alfie Charles, Vice-President of Business Development, Sequoia Voting Systems

• Dennis Vadura, CEO, AccuPoll, Inc.

Break

Panel 3: Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPAT): Perspectives on proposed VVPAT testing guidelines

• Peter Kosinski, Chief State Election Official, NY

• Harvard Lomax, Clark County Registrar of Voters, NV

• Jim Dickson, Vice-President for Governmental Affairs, American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD)

• Aviel Rubin, Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Break

Public Comment Period

This time period will be reserved for pubic participation. Pursuant to the public notice for this hearing, members of the public or organizations who have previously contacted the EAC will be given three minutes of hearing time for comment. All such groups and persons have pre-registered and been contacted regarding their participation. Comments will be strictly limited to three minutes to ensure the fullest participation possible.

Commissioners’ Closing Remarks

Adjournment