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Tag: Technology

Recounts, Russian Hackers, and Misunderstood Claims

John Sebes
December 5, 2016

There’s a lot of news media about the Green Party’s push for recounts. Some is accurate, some is wildly alarmist, but most of what I’ve read misses a really key point that you need to understand, in order to make up your own mind about these issues, especially claims of Russian hacking. For example, University … Continued

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The Root Cause — Long Lines, Late Ballot Counts, and Election Dysfunction in General

John Sebes
November 12, 2012

I’ve spent a fair bit of time over the last few days digesting a broad range of media responses to last week’s election’s operation, much it reaction to President Obama’s “we’ve got to fix that” comment in his acceptance speech. There’s a lot of complaining about the long lines, for example, demands for explanation of … Continued

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At the Risk of Running off the Rails

Gregory Miller
January 7, 2012

So, we have a phrase we like to use around here borrowed from the legal academic world.  Used to describe an action or conduct in analyzing a nuance in tort negligence, is the phrase “frolic and detour.”  I am taking a bit of detour and frolicking in an increasingly noisy element of explaining the complexity … Continued

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EAC Guidelines for Overseas Voting Pilots

Gregory Miller
May 4, 2010

Last Friday was a busy day for the Federal Elections Assistance Commission.  They issued their Report to Congress on efforts to establish guidelines for remote voting systems.  And they closed their comment period at 4:00pm for the public to submit feedback on their draft Pilot Program Testing Requirements. This is being driven by the MOVE … Continued

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Setting a Technology Agenda for Overseas Voting

Gregory Miller
March 16, 2010

I have arrived in Munich, reached my hotel and actually caught a nap.  It was a sloppy slushy day here from what I can tell; about 30 degrees and some wet snow; but spring is around the corner.  On the flight over the Pole last evening (I’m a horrible plane sleeper) I worked on final … Continued

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Tim Bray on the way Enterprise Systems are built (compared to open source)

January 6, 2010

Tim Bray is one of the main people behind XML so he has some serious cred in the world of building and deploying systems. So it with interest (and some palpable butterflies) that a recent missive of his: “Doing it Wrong”. I don’t know how much of what he says is relevant to what we … Continued

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OSDV Responds to FCC Inquiry about Internet Voting

John Sebes
December 24, 2009

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked for public comment on the use of the Internet for election-related activities (among other digital democracy related matters).  They recently published the responses, including those from OSDV.  I’ll let Greg highlight the particularly public-policy-related questions and answers, but I wanted to highlight some aspects of our response that differ … Continued

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Wired: Nation’s “First” Open Source Election Software

John Sebes
October 24, 2009

Wired’s Kim Zetter reported on our Hollywood Hill event, in an article titled “Nation’s First Open Source Election Software Released.”  I got a few questions about that “First” part, and I thought I’d share a few personal thoughts about it. First of all, there is certainly plenty of open source software that does election-related stuff, … Continued

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“Adoptability” and Sustainability of the TrustTheVote Project

Gregory Miller
July 31, 2009

Ok, so rumors of my being radio silent for months due to my feeble attempts to restore my software development skills are greatly unbounded.  I’ve been crazy busy with outreach to States’ elections officials, as our design and specification work is driven by their domain expertise.   In the midst of that, I received a question/comment … Continued

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Arizona: a New Definition of “Sufficiently” Mis-Counted?

John Sebes
July 23, 2009

There’s a fascinating nugget inside of a fine legal story unfolding in Arizona. I know that not all our readers are thrilled by news of court cases related to election law and election technology, so I’ll summarize the legal story in brief, and then get to the nugget. The Arizona Court of Appeals has been … Continued

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