Archives for: August 2005
Aug
28
Illinois opens voting system testing information
elections, certification/testing, reform, vendors, news, litigation, policy, legal(via Alan of the OVC)
Illinois just passed [House Bill 1968](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/09400HB1968enr.htm) which states (in part):
> All test plans, test results, documentation, and other records used to plan, execute, and record the… more »
Aug
27
On the books, there's this midemeanor:
> "Whoever willfully -- (1) ... threatens ... a foreign official ..., [or] (2) attempts to... threaten ... a foreign official ... shall be fined under this titled or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.… more »
Aug
23
> ### Google to launch instant messaging program: report
> Google reportedly plans to launch an instant messaging program as early as this week, in a challenge to America Online, Yahoo and Microsoft.
> "Google Talk" will allow computer users to ch… more »
Aug
23
> ### [Turkman president bans recorded music](http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20050823-035633-6419r.htm)
> Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov has deemed recorded music a negative influence on society and banned it from public events, TV and wed… more »
Aug
23
> Now anyone can natively execute PHP 5 code from a Perl application.
From, [*"Bricolage Now has PHP 5 Templating"*](http://www.justatheory.com/bricolage/1.9.0.html). more »
Aug
22
Looks like the Election Sciences Institute has an agreement with Franklin County, OH to test their incoming ES&S electronic voting machines.
> ### [Computer experts to review voting machines](http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/1… more »
Aug
20
Anyone out there that will be taking our [class on open source] this fall (taught by Pam Samuelson, Steve Weber and Mitch Kapor) will soon appreciate this (if they don't already): In the process of managing the development of the [Verified Voting Founda… more »
Aug
20
> ### Duverger's Law, Duverger's Hypothesis
> In 1951, the French political scientist, [Maurice Duverger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Duverger), formulated what he called "a true sociological law" concerning the effects of different electora… more »
Aug
18
Atty letter (on behalf of no one) claims AutoMARK is not accessible...
elections, certification/testing, accessibility, vendors, news, wtf?, politics, litigation, usability, legalJohn McDermott, the attorney that represented the AAPD in their unsuccessful attempt to nullify, California's former Secretary of State, Kevin Shelley's decertification order for some DREs last year, is apparently sending threatening letters to Californ… more »
Aug
16
***!!! PLEASE PASS AROUND, FORWARD, ETC. !!!***
[Verified Voting] has a desperate need for programmers with PHP and MySQL knowledge that have a few hours per week to help code the 2005 version of the [Election Incident Reporting System][EIRS] (EIRS)… more »
Aug
15
It's really been tough not being able to talk about this, but it has now hit the press. The NSF has funded our center-level CyberTrust proposal titled, "A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Accurate and Transparent Elections" (ACCURATE) to the tune… more »
Aug
13
Here's a great shot of (a good chunk of) the Hall fam (me, Sherrie, my Dad and my brother Richard): more »
Aug
11
Google has some sort of new private, desktop search thing coming out. I think. At a minimum, they've just increased their ability to monitor what search results you click on.
If you're using FireFox, go to [Google] and do a search. Like [this one]… more »
Aug
11
I've been thinking a lot about this [Modest Mouse] lyric from the song ["Lives"]:
> Everyone's afraid of their own life
> If you could be anything you want
> I bet you'd be disappointed, am I right?
["Lives"]: http://www.google.com/search?hl… more »
Aug
08
...in Brazil. [Yuri] has the details: [*"Professional Regulation in Brazil"*](http://www.freewisdom.org//archives/2005/08/04/professional_regulation_in_brazil).
[Yuri]: http://www.freewisdom.org/ more »
Aug
08
Check out UC Berkeley Prof. [Steve Weber] on what to do in Iraq ([*"A Modest Proposal for Iraq"*][1]):
[Steve Weber]: http://steveweber.typepad.com/
[1]: http://steveweber.typepad.com/steve_weber__politics_and/2005/08/a_modest_propos.html
> Here'… more »
Aug
04
The Automark is accessible... no matter what Jim Dixon says
elections, accessibility, vendors, news, usabilityJim Dixon wrote [a letter] on 5 February 2005 to Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell claiming that the [Automark ballot marking device] "is not accessible for those disabled Buckeyes who cannot handle paper." In a recent post, [Prof. Dan Tokaji opine… more »
Aug
03
Diebold Election Systems in the news in CA and FL...
elections, certification/testing, standards, copyright, news, usabilityI've got two juicy things to report about recent happenings with Diebold Election Systems:
* In Florida, Diebold is claiming that they will "move to protect their proprietary interests" if any other competing vendor submits a voting system component… more »
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