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Elections and the Internet: What’s Helpful, and What’s Not

John Sebes

April 26, 2010

There is some interesting recent “Internet Voting” news from North Carolina and Georgia. The contrast is in ideal example of different ways of incorporating the Internet into election technology, sometimes helpful, sometimes not. From North Carolina, the news is on voting by eMail. This is explicitly permitted by NC law, and my NC colleagues tell … Continued

OSDV Foundation Public License Draft Published for Review

Gregory Miller

April 16, 2010

Happy Friday– Apologies for the apparent radio-silence these past few weeks since returning from the Overseas Voting Summit in Munich. We’ve been very busy: handling 2 elections jurisdiction proposals and another large voter outreach group’s request to adopt portions of our open source elections technology framework, with lots of related work effort. But today, at … Continued

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

A License to Adopt

Gregory Miller

February 28, 2010

Open Source Technology Licensing… We’ve been promising to respond to the chorus of concerns that we may drift from the standard GPL for our forthcoming elections and voting systems software platform and technology. Finally, we can begin talking about it (mainly because I found a slice of time to do so, and not because of … Continued

New York Times on Voting Technology

February 27, 2010

A couple of days the New York Times Editorial page commented on Voting Technology in an editorial titled “The Voters Will Pay”. Some bits that interested me (but you should read the whole thing): “[snip…] If the deal is allowed to go through, it would make it harder for jurisdictions to bargain effectively on price … Continued

San Francisco Voting Task Force Public Hearing

Gregory Miller

February 16, 2010

Tomorrow night starting at 4:30PM the San Francisco Voting Systems Task Force is holding a Public Hearing to intake testimony and public comment on its draft prospective recommendations topics. [Disclosure: I am a member of this Task Force, appointed by the S.F. City & County Board of Supervisors.] We encourage everyone who can make it … Continued

MOVE Act Implementation: Call For Participation

Gregory Miller

February 12, 2010

The TrustTheVote Project issued its first formal “Call For Participation” (“CFP”) to its Stakeholder Community last evening, and five elections jurisdiction have already indicated interest. The CFP is inviting collaboration from elections jurisdictions all over the country who need to determine how to comply with the mandates of the new federal MOVE Act — particularly … Continued

OSDV Testifies (sort of) at CA Voting Systems Hearing

Gregory Miller

February 11, 2010

Greetings– So, I’ve taken a couple of days to decompress after a marathon of preparation for the Hearing this past Monday held by the CA Secretary of State. Unfortunately, Secretary Bowen could not attend and preside over this important hearing as she was a victim of the global weirding that is dumping snow in multiple … Continued

OSDV Foundation Called to Testify on State of CA Voting Systems Future

Iain Padley

February 3, 2010

Gregory Miller of the OSDV Foundation will be provide testimony during State of California Hearings on Future of Elections Systems next Monday, February 8th. CA Secretary of State Debra Bowen requested elections and voting systems experts from around the country to attend and testify, and answer questions about the current election administration landscape and how … Continued

Congress Starts Pushing Voter Registration Modernization

Gregory Miller

January 25, 2010

Twelve days ago without a lot of fanfare and perhaps overshadowed by the MOVE Act enactment, the House took a small step forward in pushing a modest voter registration modernization initiative when Congressman Kevin McCarthy, who is the most senior Republican on the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections, introduced the Responsible Online Voter Empowerment Registration … Continued

Building the People’s Voting System

Tag: voting technology

Elections and the Internet: What’s Helpful, and What’s Not

John Sebes

OSDV Foundation Public License Draft Published for Review

Gregory Miller

Setting a Technology Agenda for Overseas Voting

Gregory Miller

A License to Adopt

Gregory Miller

New York Times on Voting Technology

San Francisco Voting Task Force Public Hearing

Gregory Miller

MOVE Act Implementation: Call For Participation

Gregory Miller

OSDV Testifies (sort of) at CA Voting Systems Hearing

Gregory Miller

OSDV Foundation Called to Testify on State of CA Voting Systems Future

Iain Padley

Congress Starts Pushing Voter Registration Modernization

Gregory Miller

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