Category: litigation
Dec
17
Chris Edley on Election Rights and Potholes
system, elections, accessibility, reform, news, privacy, politics, berkeley, problems, litigation, friends, research, policy, legal, podcasts, educationThe high-point of last weeks' Pew/JEHT conference, "Voting in America", was seeing the Dean of Berkeley Law, Chris Edley, give a keynote during dinner on Tuesday. With his permission, I am making available audio from his address. Find it here (30 minu… more »
Oct
11
California Issues Emergency Election Audit Regulations
elections, reform, standards, litigation, friends, research, policy, legal*(cross-posted to [Freedom to Tinker](http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/node/6246/edit))*
The Office of the California Secretary of State has issued a set of proposed emergency regulations for post-election manual tallying of paper election records.… more »
Oct
03
Dissertation Now Available
system, elections, certification/testing, accessibility, reform, vendors, standards, copyright, open source, secrecy, privacy, berkeley, litigation, research, policy, usability, legal, education, iSchoolYesterday, I filed my dissertation and got [my sucker] (Berkeley gives you a tasty See's Cafe Latte hard candy sucker when you graduate).
My dissertation is about a very poignant topic: policy mechanisms for making electronic voting systems more tran… more »
Aug
05
The Devolution of Voting Technology
elections, certification/testing, reform, standards, politics, problems, litigation, friends, research, policy, legalIf you're in NYC on Friday, come see me (and others) speak at the [American Bar Association Annual Meeting][1].
I'll be talking about types of voting technology, the recent CA TTBR and EVEREST reviews and implications for the 2008 elections (slides… more »
Jun
10
Voting Machine Gag Orders and Trade Secrets
elections, news, secrecy, privacy, litigation, friends, policy, legalACLU of New Jersey [has submitted an amicus brief](http://www.aclu-nj.org/news/aclunjdemandsendtovotingma.htm) ([1.5MB PDF](http://www.aclu-nj.org/downloads/061008Gusciora.pdf)) in the *Gusciora* case, being litigated by Penny Venetis and her team at Ru… more »