Category: news
May
07
Statistical Solutions to Elections Mysteries
elections, news, politics, berkeley, problems, friends, research, policy, legal[Chance], a popular Scientific American-like journal for statistics, has
published a cover piece by [Arlene Ash] (BU) and [John Lamperti]
(Dartmouth), ?Florida 2006: Can Statistics Tell Us Who Won
Congressional District-13??
The piece explor… more »
May
05
ACCURATE's Comments on the VVSG
elections, certification/testing, accessibility, reform, standards, news, secrecy, patents, berkeley, friends, research, policy, legalAaron Burstein (UC Berkeley Law) and I just finished a large regulatory filing that will be of interest to any of you election technology geeks out there. Enjoy and be sure to let us know if you have feedback (there's another round of comments sometime… more »
Apr
22
Come to My PhD Thesis Talk!
system, elections, certification/testing, accessibility, reform, vendors, standards, copyright, news, open source, secrecy, privacy, berkeley, problems, litigation, friends, research, policy, usability, legal, iSchoolI?ll be giving my PhD thesis talk in 202 South Hall (UC Berkeley) on 5/14 (Wed) at 10am. Abstract below...
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### Public Policy Mechanisms for Increasing Transparency in Electronic Voting
Joseph Lorenzo Hall, UC Berkeley School of Informa… more »
Apr
01
After Gov. Culver signs the legislation today, [Iowa will become the 30th state to require the use of paper records] with their voting systems ([8 more use paper records statewide] without a specific legislative requirement).
Bravo!
There's much m… more »
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 »
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