If Democracy is like software, then wouldn’t it follow that Open Source software on voting machines is a saner choice than proprietary software?
“The
team of computer scientists that heads OVC is working on all aspects of
the voting problem in the United States and, with your support, we can
get this system built, certified and implemented in California by 2008!
Because open source software programming costs will have been paid,
public ownership would allow the spread to other states rapidly and at
a very low cost.”
This makes perfect sense to me. The San Francisco Elections Commission agrees.
“This
is probably the biggest victory for the Open Voting movement so far.
Last night, the San Francisco Elections Commission voted 6-1 to adopt a
policy favoring the use of open source software in their voting
systems, and, more generally, favoring the “maximum level of security
and transparency possible consistent with the principles of public
disclosure.””
Can’t wait to have this in place in Ohio, Florida and the rest of North America.