I have a couple of updates on OSDV’s participation at next week’s Personal Democracy Forum ( PdF2008 ). As mentioned earlier, Greg Miller and John Sebes will be hosting a table in the Idea Market--now with the new and improved title “How to Trust Voting Technology.” In addition, PdF organizers have posted details on the full list of Idea Marketeers here. And for a bit more context on PdF, yesterday Tech Crunch had a nice post re: their support for PdF and why it is an important event. Don’t forget, if you are at PdF next week be sure to stop by the OSDV table and say hello!
Here is a first-ever admission: a real software bug in a real voting system can drop real votes, and has
Nearly unbelievable, but perhaps predictable. The Brad Blog reports on a warning letter that Dr. Ed Felten, Professor of