Building the People’s Voting System

Author: Gregory Miller

A Northern Exposed iVoting Adventure

Alaska’s extension to its iVoting venture may have raised the interests of at least one journalist for one highly visible publication.  When we were asked for our “take” on this form of iVoting, we thought that we should also comment here on this “northern exposed adventure.” (apologies to those fans of the mid-90s wacky TV … Continued

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If it Walks Like a Duck, and Quacks Like a Duck…

So in the midst of participating in an amazing conference at MIT’s Media Lab produced in conjunction with the Knight Foundation (thanks Chris Barr you rock!) today, we learned of additional conduct by the IRS with regard to their Exempt Division’s handling of 1023 filings (for 501.c.3 determination).  In particular, this revelation appeared in an … Continued

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Crowd Sourcing Polling Place Wait Times

Long lines at the polling place are becoming a thorn in our democracy. We realized a few months ago that our elections technology framework data layer could provide information that when combined with community-based information gathering might lessen the discomfort of that thorn.  Actually, that realization happened while hearing friends extol the virtues of Waze.  … Continued

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For (Digital) Poll Books — Custody Matters!

Today, I am presenting at the annual Elections Verification Conference in Atlanta, GA and my panel is discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly about the digital poll book (often referred to as the “e-pollbook”).  For our casual readers, the digital poll book or “DPB” is—as you might assume—a digital relative of the paper … Continued

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The 2013 Annual Elections Verification Conference Opens Tonight

If its Wednesday 13.March it must be Atlanta.  And that means the opening evening reception for the Elections Verification Network‘s 2013 Annual Conference.  We’re high on this gathering of elections officials, experts, academicians and advocates because it represents a unique interdisciplinary collaboration of technologists, policy wonks and legal experts, and even politicians all with a … Continued

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