I participate in various computer industry standards. One major organization where such work takes place is The "Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards" or OASIS.
I haven't participated in this particular work group (called a Technical Committee), but they've been creating the "Election Markup Language" (EML). Their charter starts with the goal:
To develop a standard for the structured interchange of data among hardware, software, and service providers who engage in any aspect of providing election or voter services to public or private organizations.
Info on their work can be found here.
They've just put version 4 of EML out for a public review in preparation to get it standardized.
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