Archives for: February 2008
Feb
26
Photos and Video from Manual Tally Observations
elections, reform, news, photos, friends, research, policy, legalI've been involved in a lengthy project to create procedures that any California County can use to do their 1% Manual Tally (as prescribed by [CA Election Code §15360]). In the process, I've observed the selection and manual tally in a few California… more »
Feb
24
If you know me, you know I'm interested in the use and misuse of randomness in policy. Two recent uses of randomness in pop culture sparked some thoughts on the notion of randomness used for decision-making. The book, [The Traveler], by the mysterious… more »
Feb
21
Will Some Ohio Polling Places Be Inadvertantly Shut Down on Election Day?
elections, reform, problems, research, policy, legalMany of us are seriously worried about Ohio's March 4 primary. I highly recommend Ned Foley's article, [*"Administering the March 4 Primary in Ohio"*][1], which lists five things we should all keep our eyes on. In the 8th paragraph of Prof. Foley's ar… more »
Feb
14
Dice Binning Calculator
elections, reform, hacks, open source, berkeley, friends, research, policy, usabilityThis is probably most interesting to the election
officials out there. (although I point out a few points of academic
interest at the end)
I've written a quick calculator based on the [Cordero, Wagner and Dill](http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daw/p… more »
Feb
12
We recently received some data in an sqldump that we wanted in CSV format.
Here's how you can use sed to tranform it into CSV (from [here](http://tlug.dnho.net/?q=node/209)). This should all be one line...
mysql -u user -p dbname -B -e "SEL… more »
Feb
11
Henry Jenkins: "Combating the Participation Gap: Why New Media Literacy Matters"
open source, berkeley, friends, research, policy, podcasts, education, iSchoolHenry Jenkins is the Co-Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Flores Professor of Humanities. On Wednesday, February 6th, 2008, Professor Jenkins spoke at the [UC Berkeley School of Information](http://www.ischool.berkel… more »
Feb
10
* The NAU Department of Physics and Astronomy is looking for a replacement telescope for their department (from which I graduated in 2000). If you have $50,000 and want your name on a sweet [Ritchey-Chretien](http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/) Telescope… more »
Feb
07
Feb. 5, 2008 Presidential Primary at Precinct 225400
elections, accessibility, news, privacy, photos, friends, research, policyOn Tuesday I was a poll inspector at Alameda County precinct 225400. Since I am moving after I get my degree, this will likely be the last time I'll able to serve. This was the second time that I've served as the poll inspector this precinct in Oakland… more »
Feb
05
Go vote, you won't regret it.
And consider being a pollworker in the future.
*Way* better than jury duty... and people occasionally feed you cookies. more »
Feb
04
Tomorrow I'll be a pollworker in California again.
I was a pollworker in Nov. 2006 and was surprised at how difficult the task is ([*"The General Election at Precinct 225400"*](http://www.josephhall.org/nqb2/index.php/2006/11/08/alanov2006)). It's… more »
Feb
03
people like [Yuri], who cannot vote, but I'm more than likely not voting for Obama.
(I should emphasize that I won't fill out my ballot until Tuesday, so I can be persuaded for the next 40 hours... I'll be unavailable on Tuesday starting at 6am du… more »
Feb
01
2007 ACCURATE Annual Report
elections, reform, standards, news, berkeley, friends, research, policy, usability, legal, education, iSchoolOur NSF CiberTrust Center, [ACCURATE](http://accurate-voting.org/), has released its [2007 Annual Report](http://accurate-voting.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/2007.annual.report.pdf).
This report highlights the research, education and outreach act… more »
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