A couple of weeks ago I presented at OSCON and during the conference had an opportunity to sit down with Mac Slocum, Managing Editor for the O’Reilly Radar. We had about a half an hour conversation, for which we covered ~20 minutes of it on camera. You can find it here if you want to [...]
Recapping The OSCON O’Reilly Radar Conversation
Aug 17th, 2010 by Gregory Miller
UOCAVA Remote Voting Workshop Makes a Strong Finish
Aug 7th, 2010 by Gregory Miller
24 hours ago I, along with some others, was actually considering asking for a refund. We had come to the EAC, NIST, and FVAP co-hosted UOCAVA Remote Voting Systems 2 Day Workshop, expecting to feast on some fine discussions about the technical details and nuances of building remote voting systems for overseas voters that could [...]
Remote Voting Technology Workshop Wanders the Edge of an Intellectual Food Fight
Aug 6th, 2010 by Gregory Miller
[Note: This is a personal opinion piece and does not necessarily reflect the position of the Foundation or TrustTheVote Project.]
I should have seen this coming. What was I thinking or expecting?
I am reporting this evening from the NIST Workshop on UOCAVA Remote Voting Systems here in Washington D.C.. After a great set of meetings [...]
OSCON Shows the Movement is Growing
Jul 23rd, 2010 by mdouglass
One of our Executive Directors, Gregory Miller, had the opportunity to attend the O’Reilly Media’s Open Source Conference this week in my home town of Portland, Oregon (his too, in fact). Summer is in full swing here, although no major heat waves so far; we’ve been enjoying cool morning marine layer followed by a pleasant [...]
Where We Stand – on D.C. and Elsewhere
Jul 13th, 2010 by E. John Sebes
We’ve been answering lots of questions about the OSDV Foundation’s role in the District of Columbia’s Pilot “digital vote-by-mail” project, including a recent post with a detailed account of the history leading up to the Pilot. But there is one Q&A in particular that I want to share with a broader audience. It’s a two-part [...]
The TrustTheVote Project of the Open Source Digital Voting (OSDV) Foundation achieved another important milestone two weeks ago this morning, this time with the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics, although not without some controversy. The short of it is, and most important to us, the Foundation has been given the opportunity to [...]
Washington Post on DC “Online Voting” Is Actually “Ballot Transport”
Jun 22nd, 2010 by E. John Sebes
Kudos to the Washington Post’s Rob Pegoraro for his article “D.C. launches test of open-source online voting” — fine coverage, but with a title that I disagree with in terminology only. I don’t view the D.C. pilot as “online voting” but rather as a test of an additional form of digital transport for return of [...]
District of Columbia to Adopt TrustTheVote Technology for Overseas Voter Support in September Primary
Jun 22nd, 2010 by E. John Sebes
We’re pleased to echo the announcement by the District of Columbia’s Board of Election and Ethics (BOEE) that they will adopt TrustTheVote technology as part of a pilot project to support the delivery and return of overseas ballots. In Washington D.C.’s September primary election, open-source technology from the TrustTheVote Project will be used [...]
Dude, What Is My Ballot, Really?
Jun 21st, 2010 by E. John Sebes
(Part 2 of 2: What’s My Ballot?)
Today, I’m continuing on from a recent post, which compared my in-person voting experience with one method of Internet-based voting: return of marked ballots by fax or email. Next up is a similar comparison with another form of Internet-based voting: Internet voting from home using a PC’s Web browser.
Let’s [...]
D.C. Resets Timeline for Digital Vote By Mail Service
Aug 31st, 2010 by Gregory Miller
With the September Primary looming for the District of Columbia, they did the right thing yesterday, and hit the “reset button” on their project to pilot an alternative form of remote balloting exclusively for qualified overseas voters, as part of their MOVE Act compliance effort. The project has been given some breathing room and will [...]
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