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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Motivation Behind Adoption
Submitted by gmiller on March 19, 2008 - 9:17am. PST
An interesting article appeared Monday in the TechDirt community, keyed by Timothy Lee, discussing a point I've tried to make before and undoubtedly will try to make in the future. This point, nicely discussed by Tim, is about the distinction between e-voting and e-commerce.
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New York state supports Open Source voting systems
Submitted by jsebes on March 3, 2008 - 6:29pm. PST
Interesting news: on 27 February, the New York State Board of Elections unanimously adopted a resolution that would provide for waiver of fees for certification testing of open source software. The official announcement says that the Board may elect to waive fees (that a vendor pays for examination of a voting system) if the vendor meets some specific conditions of proof that the system is open source.
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