Pacifica-Daly City Democrats monthly meeting, open to the public, Saturday breakfast meeting, April 19, 2014, 9:30 a.m., seating from 9:00 a.m. Sharp Park Golf Course Restaurant Banquet Room, Highway 1 and Sharp Park Road. Full breakfast $12, continental breakfast $6, coffee only $3 (no purchase is necessary). Questions or RSVP: Barbara Arietta, President, phone (415) 246-0775, email barietta@hotmail.com.
| My vote is secure and counts |
"This Saturday, April 19, Brent Turner, the Secretary for California Association of Voting Officials, will speak on Open Source Voting and the future of elections in California at the monthly breakfast meeting of the Pacifica-Daly City Democrats... ... California election officials are now planning to experiment with an "Open Source" system that may prove to be the cure-all for secure accessible balloting... or it may be just another expensive failure. .... SB 360 allows counties to implement experimental pilot voting systems that use software with publicly disclosed, open source code. Proponents argue that this will make the systems more secure than closed, proprietary systems. But concerns have been raised that it might do just the opposite. Turner will explain just how Open Source Voting works and the reasons why, in his opinion, it will greatly diminish the potential for fraud.
Also appearing at the Pacifica-Daly City Democrats meeting that morning will be two candidates for the San Mateo County Superior Court Bench: attorneys Jeff Hayden and Ray Buenventura. Both candidates will give a brief campaign speech prior to Turner's presentation. Read article.
Related to CA SB 360, and Legislative council's digest, 9/6/13. 2013-14 regular session, open States (passed in CA Assembly 9/4/13, CA Senate 9/6/13, approved by Governor 10/5/13, chaptered by Secretary of State, 10/5/13. Open voting consortium, link through to California Association of Voting Officials (CAVO), video explanation, 3:39 minutes. Government Technology, "Making voting systems open source could forever change election technology." Note: photograph from this article.
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