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'Future of Voting in California' Hearing, Sacramento, Feb. 8
Mon, 02/08/2010 10:00am - 4:00pm
Just learned of this. Not sure there has been any widespread public announcement by SoS office.
This announcement (attached) went out to the county registrars and clerks.
An important meeting to make in person, for those of you who can.
The original is posted at: http://www.sos.ca.gov/voting-systems/hearings/
--Dan Ashby
The Future of Voting in California:
Secretary of State's Office
II. Heading into 2010: Taking Stock of the Post-HAVA
See instructions below for submitting written testimony.
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Copyright © 2010 California Secretary of State
Submit Written Testimony for the Record
February 2, 2010
County ClerklRegistrar of Voters (CCROV) Memorandum #10050
TO: All County Clerks / Registrars of Voters
FROM:
Jennnie Bretsclmeider
Assistant Chief Deputy Secretary of State
RE: Voting Systems: Public Infonnational Hearing on the Future ofVoling in California
Secretary of State Debra Bowen will be hosting a public informational hearing on "The Future of Voting in California: The People, the Equipment, the Costs" to be held Monday, February 8, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in the Secretary of State's auditorium at 1500 11th Street in Sacramento.
Attached is the agenda for the hearing.
Anyone can view a live webcast of the hearing by going to
http://www.sos.ca.gov/voting-systems/hearings/
The public is invited to attend and to provide testimony during the public comment portion of the hearing.
Written comments may also be submitted prior to or following the hearing and should be addressed to:
Secretary of State Debra Bowen
1500 11th Street, 6th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Attn: Jennie Bretschneider
or via email to votingsvstems@sos.ca.gov
All written comments will be posted on the Secretary of State' s website.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Voting Systems Technology Assessment
at (916) 653-7244 or via email at voyingsystems@sos.ca.gov.
Dan Ashby
Co-Founder, Director
ElectionDefenseAlliance.org
EDA mail: Dan@electiondefensealliance.org
Phone: 877.375.3930
EDA News and Alerts: Click Here to Subscribe for E-mail Updates
The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which all other rights are protected.
To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery. . . Thomas Paine
This announcement (attached) went out to the county registrars and clerks.
An important meeting to make in person, for those of you who can.
The original is posted at: http://www.sos.ca.gov/voting-systems/hearings/
--Dan Ashby
The Future of Voting in California:
The People, the Equipment, the Costs
Secretary of State's Office
First Floor Auditorium
February 8, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
I. Introductory Remarks
- Debra Bowen, Secretary of State
II. Heading into 2010: Taking Stock of the Post-HAVA
Voting System and Election Administration Environment
- Brian Hancock, U.S. Election Assistance Commission
- Lowell Finley, Office of the California Secretary of State
- Doug Chapin, Pew Center on the States
III. Existing Voting Systems in California
- John Groh, Election Systems & Software
- Eric Coomer, Sequoia Voting Systems
- Marcus MacNeill, Hart Inter Civic
- McDermot Coutts, Unisyn Voting Solutions
- Curt Fielder, DFM Associates
IV. New Developments in Voting and Election Administration
- Bob Carey, Federal Voting Assistance Program
- Gregory Miller, Trust the Vote/Open Source Digital Voting Foundation
- Efrain Escobedo, Los Angeles County, Voting Systems Assessment Project
- Bill O'Neill, Runbeck Election Services
- Sandy McConnell, King County Elections, State of Washington
V. Public Comment Period
See instructions below for submitting written testimony.
Privacy Statement | Free Document Readers
Copyright © 2010 California Secretary of State
Submit Written Testimony for the Record
February 2, 2010
County ClerklRegistrar of Voters (CCROV) Memorandum #10050
TO: All County Clerks / Registrars of Voters
FROM:
Jennnie Bretsclmeider
Assistant Chief Deputy Secretary of State
RE: Voting Systems: Public Infonnational Hearing on the Future ofVoling in California
Secretary of State Debra Bowen will be hosting a public informational hearing on "The Future of Voting in California: The People, the Equipment, the Costs" to be held Monday, February 8, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in the Secretary of State's auditorium at 1500 11th Street in Sacramento.
Attached is the agenda for the hearing.
Anyone can view a live webcast of the hearing by going to
http://www.sos.ca.gov/voting-systems/hearings/
The public is invited to attend and to provide testimony during the public comment portion of the hearing.
Written comments may also be submitted prior to or following the hearing and should be addressed to:
Secretary of State Debra Bowen
1500 11th Street, 6th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Attn: Jennie Bretschneider
or via email to votingsvstems@sos.ca.gov
All written comments will be posted on the Secretary of State' s website.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Voting Systems Technology Assessment
at (916) 653-7244 or via email at voyingsystems@sos.ca.gov.
Dan Ashby
Co-Founder, Director
ElectionDefenseAlliance.org
EDA mail: Dan@electiondefensealliance.org
Phone: 877.375.3930
EDA News and Alerts: Click Here to Subscribe for E-mail Updates
The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which all other rights are protected.
To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery. . . Thomas Paine
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Sequoia Announces Open-Source, Open-Architecture "Frontier Election System"
Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Sequoia-Voting-Systems-bw-1072912684.html/...
* Press Release
* Source: Sequoia Voting Systems
* On 8:00 am EDT, Tuesday October 27, 2009
____________________________________
Sequoia Voting Systems Announces the First Transparent Election System with Fully Disclosed, Freely Available Source Code and Open Architecture Developed to Meet Federal Voting System Guidelines
Sequoia’s Frontier Election System Source Code Will Be Available for Public Download Through the Company’s Website Beginning November 2009
System Slated to Enter the Election Assistance Commission’s Federal Voting System Certification Program in Mid-2010
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Sequoia Voting Systems officially introduced its latest revolutionary new offering – the Frontier Election Systemtm – the first transparent end-to-end election system including precinct and central count digital optical scan tabulators, robust election management and ballot preparation system, and a tally, tabulation, and reporting applications based on an open architecture with publicly disclosed source code developed specifically to meet current and future iterations of the federal Voting System Guidelines.
“Security through obfuscation and secrecy is not security,” said Eric D. Coomer, PhD, Vice President of Research and Product Development at Sequoia Voting Systems. “Fully disclosed source code is the path to true transparency and confidence in the voting process for all involved. Sequoia is proud to be the leader in providing the first publicly disclosed source code for a complete end-to-end election system from a leading supplier of voting systems and software. Sequoia’s Frontier Election System has been designed to comply with all the current Election Assistance Commission’s Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.”
Frontier is a comprehensive election system centered around digital scan Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) tabulators with patent-pending triple-relatable-records, open data formats, and publicly disclosed source code.
Sequoia’s Frontier Election System has been in active development for 18 months and has been demonstrated at various state, national, and international election conferences over the past 12 months to positive feedback from election officials and all facets of the election community. The company expects the system to enter the federal Voting System Certification Program during the first half of 2010.
“Frontier is a new system developed from the ground up with the full intention of releasing all of the source code to any member of the public who wishes to download it - from computer scientists and election officials to students, security experts and the voting public,” said Dr. Coomer. “While we are extremely confident in the quality of the software that our skilled team has developed, no software is perfect. Transparency and collaborative review will yield the most robust and secure product with the highest voter confidence.”
To this end, Sequoia will begin releasing fully functioning modules of Frontier’s systems with all source code on the company’s website at www.sequoiavote.com beginning in mid-November, 2009.
* Press Release
* Source: Sequoia Voting Systems
* On 8:00 am EDT, Tuesday October 27, 2009
____________________________________
Sequoia Voting Systems Announces the First Transparent Election System with Fully Disclosed, Freely Available Source Code and Open Architecture Developed to Meet Federal Voting System Guidelines
Sequoia’s Frontier Election System Source Code Will Be Available for Public Download Through the Company’s Website Beginning November 2009
System Slated to Enter the Election Assistance Commission’s Federal Voting System Certification Program in Mid-2010
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Sequoia Voting Systems officially introduced its latest revolutionary new offering – the Frontier Election Systemtm – the first transparent end-to-end election system including precinct and central count digital optical scan tabulators, robust election management and ballot preparation system, and a tally, tabulation, and reporting applications based on an open architecture with publicly disclosed source code developed specifically to meet current and future iterations of the federal Voting System Guidelines.
“Security through obfuscation and secrecy is not security,” said Eric D. Coomer, PhD, Vice President of Research and Product Development at Sequoia Voting Systems. “Fully disclosed source code is the path to true transparency and confidence in the voting process for all involved. Sequoia is proud to be the leader in providing the first publicly disclosed source code for a complete end-to-end election system from a leading supplier of voting systems and software. Sequoia’s Frontier Election System has been designed to comply with all the current Election Assistance Commission’s Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.”
Frontier is a comprehensive election system centered around digital scan Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) tabulators with patent-pending triple-relatable-records, open data formats, and publicly disclosed source code.
Sequoia’s Frontier Election System has been in active development for 18 months and has been demonstrated at various state, national, and international election conferences over the past 12 months to positive feedback from election officials and all facets of the election community. The company expects the system to enter the federal Voting System Certification Program during the first half of 2010.
“Frontier is a new system developed from the ground up with the full intention of releasing all of the source code to any member of the public who wishes to download it - from computer scientists and election officials to students, security experts and the voting public,” said Dr. Coomer. “While we are extremely confident in the quality of the software that our skilled team has developed, no software is perfect. Transparency and collaborative review will yield the most robust and secure product with the highest voter confidence.”
To this end, Sequoia will begin releasing fully functioning modules of Frontier’s systems with all source code on the company’s website at www.sequoiavote.com beginning in mid-November, 2009.
