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Various governments require a [[product certification|certification]] of [[voting machine]]s.

In the [[United States]] there is only a voluntary federal certification for [[voting machine]]s and each state has ultimate jurisdiction over certification, though most states currently require national certification for the voting systems.<ref name="history">{{Cite web |url=http://www.eac.gov/eac_vsc1.htm |title=&#91;&#91;Election Assistance Commission{{!}}EAC&#93;&#93; History of Voting System Certification and Test Laboratory Accreditation |access-date=2007-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208234738/http://www.eac.gov/eac_vsc1.htm |archive-date=2007-02-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Germany==
In Germany the [[Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt]] was responsible for certification of the voting machines for federal and European elections till 2009. Since the respective law, the ''Bundeswahlgeräteverordnung'' ("Federal Voting Machine Ordinance") is considered to be in contradiction to Germany's Constitution, this responsibility is suspended. The only machines certified so far are the [[Nedap]] ESD1 and ESD2.

==United States==
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==See also==
* [[Election Assistance Commission]]
* [[Electronic voting]]
* [[Help America Vote Act]]
* [[Independent verification systems]]
* [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]
* [[National Software Reference Library]]
* [[Election fraud#Testing and certification of electronic voting|Preventing Election fraud: Testing and certification of electronic voting]]
* [[Technical Guidelines Development Committee]] of the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]
* [[Voting machine]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060413080255/http://www.eac.gov/election_resources/vss.html 2002 Voting Systems Standards ]
* [http://vote.nist.gov/  National Institutes of Standards and Technology and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060209214232/http://www.eac.gov/voting_sys_cert.htm Voting System Certification & Laboratory Accreditation]
* [http://www.nased.org National Association of State Election Directors]
* [http://www.fec.gov/ Federal Election Commission official website]

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