Category: usability
Nov
15
Alamed Co. voting systems demonstration...
elections, certification/testing, accessibility, vendors, news, privacy, SIMS, berkeley, policy, usabilityMany of us voting-interested locals went down to the Alameda County Conference Center yesterday to see Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia and HartIntercivic demonstrated different types of VVPAT-enabled voting systems. [Ping](http://zesty.ca/) has a great post… more »
Oct
21
GAO e-voting report
system, elections, certification/testing, accessibility, reform, vendors, standards, news, open source, problems, research, policy, usability, legalThe GAO has finally released it's report on e-voting:
Here's the first paragraph from the "What GAO found" section:
> While electronic voting systems hold promise for improving the election
process, numerous entities have raised concerns about t… more »
Sep
30
ACCURATE's comments to the EAC on 2005 VVSG
system, elections, certification/testing, accessibility, reform, vendors, standards, SIMS, berkeley, problems, research, policy, usability, legalHere is the 50-page document that has been ruling my life (and the lives of a few others) for the past month:
This is [ACCURATE][1]'s comments on the [2005 VVSG][2] to the [EAC][3]. Enjoy. I'll return to this later today or tomorrow to explain a… 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
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 »