-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CASE_OH] edwards campaign supports "open source" voting systems Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:00:46 -0000 Reply-To: CASE_OH@yahoogroups.com To: CASE_OH@yahoogroups.com __ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2007 Contact: Alan Dechert, 916-772-5360 President, Open Voting Consortium http://openvoting.org 9560 Windrose Lane Granite Bay, CA 95746 Reference: http://www.openvotingconsortium.org/ad/edwards-62107a.pdf GRANITE BAY, CA -- John Edwards has become the first presidential candidate to support "open source code" for election systems. In a letter dated June 21st addressed to Alan Dechert, the Edwards campaign stated that, "To ensure security, these machines should be programmed with an open source code for complete transparency, and election results should be safeguarded by voter-verified paper records." Currently, software used in election systems remains the proprietary property of vendors. This situation has created a continual problem when anomalous results have been reported and independent experts are denied the ability to review how the systems work. A growing body of critics oppose this privatization of the voting system. "Open source" means that the computer instructions written by programmers are publicly available. Open source software is rapidly replacing proprietary software in other applications, including the Internet and military applications. "We congratulate Senator Edwards for taking a leadership role in the fight to restore public oversight of the voting system," said Alan Dechert, president of Open Voting Consortium. Open Voting Consortium (OVC) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit California corporation that seeks to bring about a fully public voting system. OVC has offered free consulting services to all the major presidential candidates -- Republican as well as Democratic. OVC has not endorsed any candidate for president and is unlikely to do so. - 30 - Visit CASE at http://www.caseohio.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CASE_OH/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CASE_OH/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:CASE_OH-digest@yahoogroups.com mailto:CASE_OH-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: CASE_OH-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Abstinence-Only sex education is a little like Just-Hold-It potty training. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org