Sunday, February 27, 2005
open-source voting software
Is it better if you can inspect the code for voting machines?
Yes.
Can you solve the problem of providing that the code you inspected is actually running on the machine on election day?
No.
Anyway,
Senators Clinton and Kerry Submit Open Voting Bill
Slashdot comments also point out that "open code inspection" is quite different from "open source development".
Yes.
Can you solve the problem of providing that the code you inspected is actually running on the machine on election day?
No.
Anyway,
Senators Clinton and Kerry Submit Open Voting Bill
DailyKos is reporting that a group of senators and representatives including Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and Tubbs Jones, have proposed an 'open-source' voting bill. This bill (The Count Every Vote Act of 2005 [PDF]) corrects many of the problems in the last election. Notably, it requires paper receipts, and that the source and object code of all electronic voting machines to be open and readable by the public.
Slashdot comments also point out that "open code inspection" is quite different from "open source development".
