Archives for: January 2007
Jan
27
Response to "The Facts About Voting System Test Labs"
elections, certification/testing, reform, standards, news, problems*The views expressed in this response are those of the authors and do
not necessarily reflect the views of ACCURATE or the NSF.*
On Monday of this past week two ACCURATE researchers, Aaron Burstein
and Joseph Lorenzo Hall, authored a Guest Observer… more »
Jan
22
Roll Call: "Unlike Ballots, EAC Shouldn?t Be Secretive"
elections, certification/testing, reform, vendors, standards, news, politics, berkeley, problems, research, policy, legal, iSchoolAaron Burstein and I wrote an op-ed in [Roll Call](http://www.rollcall.com/) that runs today. We describe how a recent case of secrecy at the Election Assistance Commission, involving its de-accreditation of testing lab Ciber, is actually the tip of a… more »
Jan
17
Michelle and I saw [Neurosis] at the [Great American Music Hall] on Sunday with [Red Sparowes] and [Grails]. It was a totally awesome show. Considering Neurosis doesn't play out but a few times a year, no self-respecting fan of thoughtful heavy music… more »
Jan
12
The New York Times revealed last week that one of the Independent Testing Laboratories (ITAs) that qualify voting systems for conformance to the federal voting systems standards, Ciber Laboratories, Inc., had been suspended from approving new machines.… more »
Jan
12
(From [Kim Alexander] of the [California Voter Foundation])
[Kim Alexander]: http://www.calvoter.org/news/blog/index.html
[California Voter Foundation]: http://www.calvoter.org/
Here's an explanation of the digits in a NASED Number, the number is… more »