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Wisconsin passes verified voting statute that includes publicly accessible "coding"
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 14:48:11 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall () gmail com> Date: January 5, 2006 11:37:30 AM EST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>Subject: Wisconsin passes verified voting statute that includes publicly accessible "coding"
Reply-To: joehall () pobox com Voting machine source code must be made open <http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=2585> Text of 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 627 <http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/AB-627.pdf> This appears to be the first serious attempt by a state to mandate that voting system code be accessible by the public. The pertinent language: 5.84 (3) If a municipality uses an electronic voting system for voting at any election, the municipal clerk shall provide to any person, upon request, at the expense of the municipality, the coding for the software that the municipality uses to operate the system and to tally the votes cast. and: 5.91 (19) The coding for the software that is used to operate the system on election day and to tally the votes cast is publicly accessible and may be used to independently verify the accuracy and reliability of the operating and tallying procedures to be employed at any election. The effective date of this law is the day after it is published (enrolled) as law. -Joe -- Joseph Lorenzo Hall PhD Student UC Berkeley, School of Information (SIMS) <http://josephhall.org/> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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