California de-re-de-certification for voting machine use


Submitted by jsebes on March 28, 2008 - 3:53pm. PST

There's a pretty regular stream of news about activities in the office of California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, de-certifying or re-certifying voting systems following the results of the state's top-to-bottom review. Rather than making an up to the minute comment, I thought it would be useful to re-visit what I think is one of the more notable past scenes in the on-going drama.


Why Complexity? Look to the Balkans


Submitted by jsebes on February 3, 2008 - 7:06pm. PST

Many thanks to what Dave Barry would call “alert reader Brandon F.” for posing a question that comes up a lot concerning digital voting. To paraphrase slightly: why not specify and standardize on ballot paper, ballot layout, ballot marking locations in the layout, and scanning systems to automate counting? Why is everyone making this so complex?


Importance of Functional Standards


Submitted by gmiller on December 26, 2007 - 4:51pm. PST

Back on 31.Oct the EAC's Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC), released its recommended voluntary voting system guidelines (VVSG) for public comment during a 120 day period ending around 05.March.2008.


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