Re: [ga] Open Source Voting Software Concept Released

[Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Incidentally - the URL given below is in error. Here is the correct URL to
the wired story

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/open-source/

regards
joe baptista

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Jeffrey A. Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

>
> All,
>
>  Can ICANN still further afford to ignore?  Me thinks not for long...
>
> "Wired is reporting that the Open Source Digital
> Voting Foundation has announced the first release of
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/open-sourceLinux- and Ruby-based
> election management software. This software
> should compete in the same realm as Election Systems & Software, as well as
> Diebold/Premiere for use by County registrars. Mitch Kapor founder of
> Lotus 1-2-3 and Dean Logan, Registrar for Los Angeles County, and Debra
> Bowen, California Secretary of State, all took part in a formal
> announcement ceremony. The http://osdv.org/aboutOSDV is working with
> multiple jurisdictions, activists, developers and other organizations
> to bring together 'the best and brightest in technology and policy'
> to create 'guidelines and specifications for high assurance digital voting
> services.' The announcement was made as part of the OSDV
> http://www.trustthevote.org/
> Trust the Vote project, where open source tools are to be used to create a
> certifiable and sustainable open source voting system."
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Jeffrey A. Williams
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