Outside Challenges to Voting System Certification May 19-20, 2015 Seattle, WA 2015 State Certification Testing of Voting Systems National Conference Outside Influences Our Role as the Entity Responsible for State Certification of Voting Systems Impact of Local Election Officials Addressing the Needs of All Voters SECTION 203 Language Barriers Addressing the Needs of All Voters Access Elections Accessibility Barriers “The Haters” …also known as Advocates Bin Laden Had Bev Harris’s “Black Box Voting” on His Bookshelf §  From Election Law Blog §  http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72623 links to BuzzFeed: §  http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/us-releases-contents-of-bin-ladensenglish-language-bookshel#.exMn662Meq §  U.S. Releases Contents Of Bin Laden’s English-Language “Bookshelf” Kevin J. Kennedy Director and General Counsel Government Accountability Board [email protected] 608-261-8683 2015 State Certification Testing of Voting Systems National Conference