The mission of the Election Technology Council (ETC) is to promote the common interests of the election industry vendor community. The goal of the ETC is to support policies that help voters exercise their right to vote and have their votes accurately recorded, verified and counted.
Toward that goal, we support:
- Independent verification of electronic voting.
- Training and deployment of sufficient poll workers and voting equipment to efficiently and accurately serve the electorate.
- Voting procedures and equipment that increase voter participation.
- Long-term stability of voting procedures and the regulatory framework that oversees elections.
- Transparency among regulatory and certification agencies.
As Congress considers federalism issues related to elections, the ETC believes that any mandates required by the federal government should include sufficient funding for the states to carry them out.
The ETC believes that it is important that the public have confidence in the products offered to the market by the industry. Accordingly, the industry needs to promote its successes and recognize its shortcomings. The objective is to document facts and circumstances that can be used to improve elections.
The objective of the ETC is specifically to:
- Educate and inform the public, regulatory authorities and customer interest groups of possible implications and outcomes of public policy and regulatory requirements, as anticipated by the vendor community. The priority efforts of the ETC will be focused in order of importance upon the following organizations:
- Federal Regulatory authorities, including the EAC, TGDC, and NIST
- Federal Legislative authorities, including Congress and relevant committees
- Customer interest groups, including such organizations as NASED, NASS, The Election Center, IACREOT, and NACRC.
- State level chief election officers
- Academia
- State level legislative bodies
It is important to understand what the ETC does not do. The ETC does NOT:
- Lobby for any particular type of voting process
- Lobby on any subject or situation that does not apply to all ETC members
- Collaborate on pricing or market division
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