"Contractual Barriers to Transparency in Electronic Voting"

I've just submitted the camera-ready version of my paper, "Contractual Barriers to Transparency in Electronic Voting" for the USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop 2007 (EVT'07) in Boston on 6 August 2007. The abstract isn't very sexy, but I guarantee you the contents are for anyone interested in the relationships between voting system manufacturers and state and local election jurisdictions.

Here's the paper:

Contractual Barriers to Transparency in Electronic Voting

http://josephhall.org/papers/jhall_evt07.pdf

We analyze a data set of 55 contracts between state and local election jurisdictions and voting system vendors for transparency-inhibiting terms and provisions. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of certain provisions and make recommendations that jurisdictions can follow to better support transparency in the elections process.

I'd love any feedback that you might have... especially in how to present this kind of material in an exciting way to a mixed audience of academics, advocates, vendors, election officials, other private and public sector individuals and anyone else who wanders through the door.