Posted in Election Adminstration Technology, Voting System Technology on Mar 2nd, 2011
As I said in my recent MLK posting, I’m starting a series of blogs that should provide a concrete example of election management, at a small scale and (I hope) with some interest value. But before I tell a story of election management, we need to first have a story of an election, and this [...]
Posted in Election Adminstration Technology, Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Election Adminstration Technology, Election Technology Reform, Uncategorized on Jan 20th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Commentary, Open Source, Voting System Technology on Jan 14th, 2011
Some of you have heard the rumors and rumblings. Yes, an exciting new project in our open source elections technology framework is in the works. And yes, it is an important tool for the front lines of democracy: election polling places.
We’ll have a bunch more to officially say about our digital poll book project shortly.
But [...]
Posted in Commentary, Risk, Voting System Technology on Nov 19th, 2010
Behind the election news in Buffalo, NY, there is a cautionary tale about voting system complexity and confidence. The story is about a very close race for the state Senate’s 60th district. One news article includes a reference to “software problems with the new electronic voting machines in Erie County.”
The fundamental issue here is [...]
Posted in Commentary, Voting System Technology on Nov 10th, 2010
Last time, I wrote about what I learned from two curious statements in the context of the NC experience with and litigation about flakey voting machines. Today is Part Two, starting by explaining what I mean by “flakey”, and finishing with a response to Johnnie McLean’s (NC SBE deputy director) statement at the conclusion of [...]
Posted in Commentary on Oct 28th, 2010
Today I have a round-up of a few of the many recent news items about elections, technology, problems, and trust — from around the country. But first I want to put them in the context of what I think is a fundamental question in common to these and many other items of election tech news: [...]
Posted in Commentary, Election Technology Reform on Aug 7th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Commentary, Election Adminstration Technology, TrusttheVote / OSDV on Jul 6th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Commentary, Election Technology Reform, Risk on May 25th, 2010
[Today I want to share some eloquent writing about the right to a secret ballot. Though Doug Jones' October 2008 remarks are about an issue that arose a couple years ago, his words remain extremely relevant, especially in the context of the current discussion of e-mail voting. The discussion with Doug started with an issue [...]
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