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The Unhandy Logistics of Hand Counts
Commentary, Election Results, Election Policy Genya Coulter Commentary, Election Results, Election Policy Genya Coulter

The Unhandy Logistics of Hand Counts

Fear of technology is like any other phobia: the roots of it are grounded in reality, but the expression of the fear ranges from fantasy thinking to conspiracy theories. The recent push for hand-counted paper ballots (compared to hand-marked) is quickly becoming a repository for the fear of technology. There are several reasons why hand-counting exclusively is problematic…

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Piling on the Kraken-Busting of Waldron...
Commentary, Election Results, Risk, TrustTheVote® OSET Institute, Inc. Commentary, Election Results, Risk, TrustTheVote® OSET Institute, Inc.

Piling on the Kraken-Busting of Waldron...

This week the TrustTheVote Project posted an article that is a breakdown/take-down of a slide presentation circulated inside the Trump Administration in the final weeks leading up to 1-6-21. That article combined with some other events this week led us to offer a couple additional points here…

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Announcements, Commentary, Election Adminstration Technology, Election Data Standards, Election Results, Open Source Ms. Voting Matters Announcements, Commentary, Election Adminstration Technology, Election Data Standards, Election Results, Open Source Ms. Voting Matters

Making Elections Data Open Data: The Sequel

Today, members of the Core Team are in Vail, Colorado at the IACREOT Conference to unveil the next phase of VoteStream, the elections results and reporting subsystem of our Open Source Election Technology Framework.  This is an awesome day, and we owe a great deal of thanks to the Knight Foundation for continuing to support this important part of the Framework.

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Architecture, Commentary, Election Data Standards, Election Information, Election Results, Election Technology Reform, Open Source, Voting System Technology E. John Sebes Architecture, Commentary, Election Data Standards, Election Information, Election Results, Election Technology Reform, Open Source, Voting System Technology E. John Sebes

Advancing Election Data Standards: View From the Trenches

Elections data standards are essential to delivering real innovation.  The annual Election Data Standards meeting opened today in Los Angeles, CA.  We thought we'd give you an overview of just what in the hec this is about and why its essential to creating a voting experience that's easy, convenient, and dare we say delightful.  Dry?  Kinda.  But a peek at the real in the trenches work we're doing.  Yep.

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