Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Making Voting Systems Open Source Could Forever Change Election Technology

Making Voting Systems Open Source Could Forever Change Election Technology:

A California-based non-profit is creating a suite of open-source election software that allows users to 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.

In October 2009, the nonprofit Open Source Digital Voting Foundation (OSDV) 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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