Today, we’ll continue our illustrative story of elections — and as in the first installment of the story, we’ll keep it simple with the setting in the Town of Bedrock. As we tune in, we find Fred Flintstone in downtown Bedrock at the offices of Cobblestone County’s Bedrock Board of Elections (BBoE). He’s checking up [...]

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Putting an open source application into service – or “deployment” – can be different from deploying proprietary software. What works, and what doesn’t? That’s a question that’s come up several times in the few weeks, as the TTV team has been working hard on several proposals for new projects in 2011. Based on our experiences [...]

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As I often do, I had a thoughtful Martin Luther King Day — as you can see from my still pondering a couple days later. But I think I now have something to share. Last time I wrote on MLK, I likened two unlikely things:

King’s demand for social justice and peace, using Isaiah’s prophetic [...]

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(Part 1 of 2: What’s My Ballot?)
Having recently written about my CA primary voting experience, now is a good time to compare and contrast with some of the overseas-voter Internet voting pilots. The previous question “Where’s My Ballot?” applies just as well, but in some cases, we also have the question “What is my ballot?”
Starting [...]

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The New York Times’ Ian Urbina recently wrote an interesting article on various states’ activities around allowing email as a means for return of marked ballots from overseas and military voters. I recommend reading it for a number of reasons, but especially because of the large number of rather nuanced issues that Urbina touches on [...]

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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 Act [...]

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In the aftermath of the Internet debate, notwithstanding my goof on forgetting to toss a coin to determine which team went last with their closing argument, the noise has settled down a bit.  I’m not sure if this is really the prevailing opinion, but if I ventured a guess, I would have to say most [...]

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The loveliest part of the 2010 UOCAVA Summit being held in Munich has been the city itself. Layered in history, the beauty of Munich is evident even from a quick glance at the conference venues. As unofficial photographer for the trip I thought I would post a few quick highlights.
This is the new Munich Town [...]

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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 California [...]

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Today, the OSDV Foundation announced it will co-sponsor the 2010 UOCAVA Summit and serve as the Conference’s Technology Tract Co-Host for this important Overseas Vote Foundation premier event.  This fourth annual event will be held in Munich, Germany 17-19 March.
Summit 2010 will constructively address overseas and military voting issues and challenges that we face today.  [...]

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