Handbook for VVSG 2.0 usability and accessibility test strategies
Sharon J. Laskowski, Whitney Quesenbery · 2023
This document provides guidance and resources for how to test voting systems against the usability and accessibility requirements in the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.0. The requirements include Principles 2.2 and 5 through 8. The goal of those requirements is to ensure that voting systems certified to VVSG 2.0 are accessible and usable for election workers and voters including voters with disabilities so that every voter can mark, review, cast, and verify their ballot independently and privately. The primary audiences for this guide are the voting system test laboratory organizations who perform certification testing, to help them understand some of the specialized tests required, and organizations in the design and development process as they build and prepare a voting system for certification testing.