Building the People’s Voting System

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Money Shot: What Does a $40M Bet on Scytl Mean?

…not much we think. Yesterday’s news of Microsoft co-founder billionaire Paul Allen’s investing $40M in the Spanish election technology company Scytl is validation that elections remain a backwater of innovation in the digital age. But it is not validation that there is a viable commercial market for voting systems of the size typically attracting venture capitalists; the … Continued

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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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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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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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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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