... of voting system software by requiring that software be submitted to NIST’s National Software Reference Library, and by verifying that the systems, including hardware, software, and software ... laboratories and assessing the test results Page 42 GAO-05-956 Electronic Voting Systems National Initiatives Are Under Way to Improve Voting System Security and Reliability, but Key Activities Need ... Need to Be Completed Since the implementation of HAVA in 2002, the federal government has begun a range of actions that are expected to improve the security and reliability of electronic voting systems...