"Established by Caltech President David Baltimore and MIT President Charles Vest in December 2000 to prevent a recurrence of the problems that threatened the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election. Specific tasks of the project include:
* Evaluate the current state of reliability and uniformity of U.S. voting systems
* Establish uniform attributes and quantitative guidelines for performance and reliability of voting systems
* Propose specific uniform guidelines and requirements for reliable voting systems"