Re: openvotingconsortium

[Neal McBurnett <neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is an open source program that can be modified to work any way
you want.  I've raised some of these questions with Doug Jones, the
highly credible, well-known champion of verifiable voting who is on
the board of directors.  He responded, in part:

> the premise of the effort is that this first effort is a demo, to
> demonstrate that something can be developed under this model.
>
> My hope is that the OVC, in the end, will become a framework under
> which many bits of voting code can be developed.

If you don't like the bar code, e.g. because you have fully-disclosed
software to do a good job of scanning, then modifying the software to
not print in on the ballots would be trivial, as would printing a full
ballot.  The hard work is the human interface, human factors, testing,
promoting the general concept, etc.

So I strongly support the effort, which I've noted before on this list.

Neal McBurnett                 http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/
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On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 01:10:21PM -0600, Pete Klammer wrote:
> If this is the system that does not print a full-text paper ballot that
> supports independent hand and scan counting, it should be opposed until
> improved. If this is the system that encodes the votes in a bar code, for
> subsequent scanning by tied-in electronic equipment, it should not be
> trusted.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Tiger [mailto:paul.tiger@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:36 AM
> To: Cvv-Discuss@Coloradovoter. Net
> Subject: openvotingconsortium
> 
> Has anyone been in contact with the Open Voting Consortium?
> 
> http://www.openvotingconsortium.org/
> =====
> We are currently developing a prototype version of free voting software to
> run on very inexpensive PC hardware. OVC voting systems will accommodate
> different languages and scoring methods, as well as voters with special
> needs. The prototype software development effort is housed at
> SourceForge.net .
> 
> Please try our web demo voting system that allows you to enter your votes
> and see a ballot as it would be printed in a polling station.
> 
> We expect to be fully operational with the certification of version 1.0 of
> the Open Voting software.  Meanwhile, our demo is scheduled for 1 April 2004
> 10:00 AM at the Santa Clara County government office building at 70 W.
> Hedding St., San Jose.[PRESS RELEASE] [FLYER]
> ======
> Paul Tiger