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OSS Election Systems Desired, but Not Ready

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-than-ready dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Even though many American voters are ready for open source systems at the polls, Newsforge (a Slashdot sister site) has an interesting story about why open source may not be ready for the polls. From the article: 'The only open source e-voting effort that Rubin [an e-voting expert] noted was the Open Voting Consortium (OVC). "I don't agree with everything they are doing, but they are all about transparency and open source," Rubin said. OVC President and CEO Alan Dechert says it would take a large investment of time and money to provide an alternative to traditional e-voting systems vendors, but he says an effort known as Open Voting Solutions (OVS) is looking to do just that.'"

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  1. Hippy in office by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    NO. I love freedom too much to trust the pinks and the reds with my vote. The current system has worked perfectly so far, why change it?

  2. Oh right. by DogDude · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, right. Hackers putting together beige-box PC's running Linux and this simple software are going to get to install voting machines. Riiiight. And monkeys might fly out of my butt. Nice idea, but pretty damn silly, nonetheless.

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  3. Re:Get some decent candidates by NoTheory · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is a silly thing to say. There are massive differences between all candidates. Their policy platforms may not be drastically different, but the character of their administrations, the people they surround themselves with, and the process by which decisions are made are vastly different. Al Gore, and George W. Bush had very similar platforms, but i don't think anyone disagrees that the War on Terror would have turned out very differently had Gore been rightfully installed as president.

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