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E-Voting in Ghana and the 2012 Elections
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| Only a few weeks ago (December 1st 2009),
| Sequoia Voting Systems became the first major
| company of its kind (Voting Systems
| Manufacturers) to publish itâs source code
| openly for public download and study. You can
| read the following article for more information
| ([...] The move follows an earlier disclosure
| made by the California based Open Source
| Digital Voting Foundation (OSDF) which made
| available the source code of its Prototype
| Election Software in October 2009 (see:
| www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/open-source/).
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http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=173843
What a Difference a Year Makes
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| 2009 Prediction #1: Adoption of open source
| software will increase as the economy worsens.
| Accuracy: Grade B+
|
| We can say with some conviction that this
| indeed was the case in 2009. While we obviously
| do not have financials for all open source
| companies we can parse through the data that is
| available to prove our point.
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http://www.ddj.com/linux-open-source/222003021
Recent:
Electronic Voting Machines and a New Era of Fixing Elections
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| Perhaps in the future more secure, open source
| systems may be available to any country (similar
| to open source operating systems like
| Linux/Unix) but for the moment, Electronic
| Voting hardware and software is produced
| privately, without open access to what is going
| on in these machines. Should we then trust these
| private companies just because they say we
| should? You do the maths.
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http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=172603
Ghana: Expert Appeals for 'Open Source' Software Usage
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| The Business Development Manager of the Advanced Information Technology
| Institute, at the Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence (AITI-KACE), Fred
| Amankwah-Sarfo, has appealed to the Government and other institutions in the
| country, to adopt the use of 'Open Source' software innovation for maximum
| benefits, including cost reduction.
|
| The 'Open Source' software, which is non-proprietary, has a source code that
| is transparent, and allows rights to users, which would otherwise be
| prohibited by copyright. Because of its transparency, bugs or security flaws
| could be quickly discovered, and patched.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/200809260860.html
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