Our Mission
The primary objectives and purposes of this organization shall be: to educate the public and governmental officials and entities concerning elections systems based upon open source software, and further to promote the adoption of open source voting and elections solutions worldwide.
We believe that vote tabulation must be publicly observable, and that proprietary hidden software code makes public observation of tabulation impossible
Open Voting Foundation is a nonprofit nonstock corporation applying for tax exempt status as a 501(c)(3) organization.
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WORST EVER SECURITY FLAW FOUND IN DIEBOLD TS VOTING MACHINE
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
This may be the worst security flaw we have seen in touch screen voting machines,. says Open Voting Foundation president, Alan Dechert. Upon examining the inner workings of one of the most popular paperless touch screen voting machines used in public elections in the United States, it has been determined that with the flip of a single switch inside, the machine can behave in a completely different manner compared to the tested and certified version.
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Diebold Touchscreen Voting Machines May Lose Federal Certification
Renton, WA
Computer scientist Professor Richard Lee, Ph.D. released a declaration Thursday (8/3/06) that could prompt a re-examination and possible revocation of federal certification for certain touchscreen voting machines. In essence, the declaration states that Diebold obtained its certification wrongfully by not declaring some of the custom components of their software as custom components. This exempted these components from oversight by independent testing authorities (ITAs) assigned to the task.
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