Test results on New Jersey e-voting machines will be released

Submitted by mdavis on June 23, 2008 - 12:54pm. PST

Good news from New Jersey! A judge there has reversed her earlier decision that test results on Sequoia voting machines could not be made public -- a story that we discussed a few months ago here. The new ruling means that conmputer experts at Princeton University will be able to analyze the machines starting next week, and publish their results in late September before the November election.

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More on OSDV at PdF2008 -- How to Trust Voting Technology

Submitted by mdavis on June 17, 2008 - 1:52pm. PST

I have a couple of updates on OSDV’s participation at next week’s Personal Democracy Forum ( PdF2008 ). As mentioned earlier, Greg Miller and John Sebes will be hosting a table in the Idea Market--now with the new and improved title “How to Trust Voting Technology.” In addition, PdF organizers have

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OSDV at Personal Democracy Forum (PdF2008) -- How to Trust the Vote

Submitted by mdavis on June 5, 2008 - 2:51pm. PST

My colleagues Greg Miller and John Sebes will be participating in the upcoming Personal Democracy Forum (PdF2008) in New York City, June 23-24. Specifically, they will be hosting a presentation table in the Idea Market on the topic of "How to Trust the Vote."

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Get Out the Vote Posters from AIGA -- Great Design on Display

Submitted by mdavis on May 30, 2008 - 9:10am. PST

The AIGA, the professional association for design, is once again sponsoring its Get Out the Vote poster design contest for its members. AIGA designers are asked to create nonpartisan posters that inspire Americans to vote in the 2008 general election. Almost 200 posters under consideration are available for viewing here. It is a great collection ... and lots of fun to peruse.

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Blogged.com rates OSDV blog as "Very Good" -- Tell us what YOU think!

Submitted by mdavis on May 28, 2008 - 11:47am. PST

The editors at the blog review site Blogged.com have given the OSDV blog a "very good" rating -- based on frequency of updates, relevance of content, site design, and writing style. This is a very nice thing to see. But besides reviewing blogs, Blogged offers blog readers the opportunity to add their reviews. We would love to hear what our readers think.

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HBO gives people a chance to re-vote -- and maybe even create a hanging chad

Submitted by mdavis on May 21, 2008 - 5:20pm. PST

The HBO film Recount premieres this Sunday night (May 25). The film is a fictionalized account of the 2000 presidential election in Florida — famous for the hanging chad.

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Open Source: Good for Business, Innovation … and the Public

Submitted by mdavis on May 9, 2008 - 1:23pm. PST

In a recent article on Businessweek.com, John Hagel and John Seely Brown describe the powerful innovation strategy used by the Myelin Repair Foundation (MRF). MRF is a Silicon Valley nonprofit using an open-source approach to scientific research and drug

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