Building the People’s Voting System

Category: Intellectual Property Protection

Never Break The Chain

Maintaining the chain-of-custody for all assets in a public election is one of the most important aspects of election administration. Simply, it’s a legally binding paper trail. When there’s a break in the chain, the repercussions can damage the reputation of a local jurisdiction or an entire state for years (and these days, not to mention enable an election to be called into question). Problem: Its now happening with disturbing regularity.

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Do Trade Secrets Hinder Verifiable Elections? (Duh)

Slate Magazine posted an article this week, which in sum and substance suggests that trade secret law makes it impossible to independently verify that voting machines are working correctly.  In a short, we say, “Really, and is this a recent revelation?” Of course, those who have followed the TrustTheVote Project know that we’ve been suggesting … Continued

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