Sunday, December 10, 2006

Changes Are Expected in Voting by 2008 Election - New York Times

This is a move to open-source software. We need to demand open-source.
Changes Are Expected in Voting by 2008 Election - New York Times The changes also mean that the various forms of vote-counting software used around the country — most of which are protected by their manufacturers for reasons of trade secrecy — will for the first time be inspected by federal authorities, and the code could be made public. There will also be greater federal oversight on how new machines are tested before they arrive at polling stations.
I've been harping about open-source since day one. The open-source part is every bit as important as the paper trail.

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