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Making Voting Systems Open Source Could Forever Change Election Technology
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| Now it appears some of that transparency
| may be taking root. A California-based
| nonprofit is creating a suite of open
| source election software that lets users
| view and modify the underlying computer
| code. Proponents of the approach say
| exposing the code used by e-voting machines
| allows a worldwide community of experts to
| evaluate the security of the code and make
| beneficial modifications.
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| In October 2009, the nonprofit Open Source
| Digital Voting (OSDV) Foundation made the
| computer code for its election system
| available on the Web. The foundation also
| plans to make other open-source election
| tools available this year through its Trust
| the Vote initiative.
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http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/750771
Open Source Electronic Voting Systems Slow to Catch On
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| Now, open source advocates are teaming with
| tech industry giants and some electronic
| voting systems manufacturers to usher in a
| fundamental change to the way Americans
| cast their ballots. But it won't to be
| easy. There are still many reasons voters
| conjure to be skeptical of electronic
| voting. And the electronic voting systems
| market is populated by a small, and
| powerful group of manufacturers who still
| deploy proprietary technology to keep a
| competitive edge.
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http://www.govtech.com/gt/751157?topic=117673
A look at WhiteHouse.gov and why more IT shops are turning to open source
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| Once President Obama arrived at the White
| House, it was clear that the new
| administration had greater demands for
| connecting with constituents and using rich
| media. "We couldn't keep up with what the
| new media team wanted," Klause said.
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http://www.fiercecontentmanagement.com/story/look-whitehouse-gov-and-why-more-it-shops-are-turning-open-source/2010-03-29
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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