PROGRESS ON OPEN VOTING!! - now looking for Open Source Code Guru!!

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Dennis Paull <dpaull () svpal org>
Date: August 8, 2005 7:15:03 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Cc: Alan Dechert <alan () openvoting org>
Subject: PROGRESS ON OPEN VOTING!! - now looking for Open Source Code  
Guru!!


Hi Dave,

For IP if you wish.

The California Secretary of State is looking for an Open Source guru
to help investigate possibilities of creating open source voting  
machines
and canvassing software. This would involve being on one or more public
panels as well as possibly other consulting with the SoS's staff.

Alan Dechert of the Open Voting Consortium sends the notice below.

Dennis Paull
Half Moon Bay, CA

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From: Open Voting Announcements
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 11:51 AM
Subject: CA to hold hearing on Open Source for election software

This is a very preliminary announcement.  Don't ask me too many  
questions
about it yet because I don't have details.  In short, this is very  
good and
very big news for Open Voting.

A couple of weeks ago, we met with assistant Secretary of State Brad  
Clark
and staff.  The meeting went pretty well.  Yesterday, Brad Clark  
called me.

As you may have picked up, our organization, Open Voting Consortium  
(OVC),
helped get a resolution (ACR 242) passed through the CA state  
legislature
last year that calls on the Secretary of State to investigate using open
source software for elections and issue a report on that by Jan 1, 06.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/03-04/bill/asm/ab_0201-0250/ 
acr_242_bill_20040
831_chaptered.html

They have asked me to be on a panel, and they asked me who else I  
want on
the panel.  So, I am looking for an open source guru (I have some  
names in
mind, but if you want to suggest someone go ahead).

I don't have exact parameters yet, but I gather there will be at  
least one
public hearing where people will come and testify before the panel.   
There
may be more than one hearing and we may expect to spend some time over a
period of 2- 3 months while the report is being prepared.

I think they want to have someone "opposed to open source for elections"
on the panel.  That's fine.  Plenty of industry opposition showed up  
when I
testified in favor of ACR 242 and they got nowhere at all.  They have  
no case.

Anyway, it should be a good show and we'll have lots of input on the  
report
the SoS issues to the state legislature.

Stay tuned as this unfolds in the coming months.

Alan Dechert





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