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    Open Voting Consortium (ovc) is working on all aspects of the voting problem in the u.s. With your support, we can get this system built, certified and implemented in California by 2008. OVC has a team of computer scientists ready to program computer software for voting machines and electoral tabulation that would be publicly owned or open source. The OVC recommended procedure for tabulating elections relies on a paper ballot that is then fed through a scanner into a locked ballot box.

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    Open Voting Consortium (ovc) is working on all aspects of the voting problem in the u.s. With your support, we can get this system built, certified and implemented in California by 2008. OVC has a team of computer scientists ready to program computer software for voting machines and electoral tabulation that would be publicly owned or open source. The OVC recommended procedure for tabulating elections relies on a paper ballot that is then fed through a scanner into a locked ballot box.

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    Open Voting Solution - Open Voting Consortium

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    Open Voting Consortium (ovc) is working on all aspects of the voting problem in the u.s. With your support, we can get this system built, certified and implemented in California by 2008. OVC has a team of computer scientists ready to program computer software for voting machines and electoral tabulation that would be publicly owned or open source. The OVC recommended procedure for tabulating elections relies on a paper ballot that is then fed through a scanner into a locked ballot box.

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    TheteamofcomputerscientiststhatheadsOVCis workingonallaspectsofthevotingproblemin theUnitedStatesand,withyoursupport,wecan getthissystembuilt,certifiedandimplementedin Californiaby2008!Becauseopensourcesoftware programmingcostswillhavebeenpaid,public ownershipwouldallowthespreadtootherstates rapidlyandataverylowcost.OVCisalso interestedinhelpingmakesurethatwhat happensaftereveryonevotesissecure (Downloadandprintourbrochureexplaining theOpenVotingconcept). StopsSecrecyinVoteTabulation:OVChasateamofscientistsreadytoprogramcomputer softwareforvotingmachinesandelectoraltabulationthatwouldbepubliclyownedoropen source.Opensourcesoftwarecouldbecheckedbyanypartyorgroupbyhiringacapable computerprogrammer. ProvidesPaperTrail:TheOVCrecommendedprocedurefortabulatingelectionsreliesona paperballotthatisthenfedthroughascannerintoalockedballotboxsothatalloriginalsare savedincaseoftheneedforarecountoraudit(SeeSampleBallot). ScientificallyVerifiable:Inadditiontoopensourcevotingmachineandtabulationsoftware, theOpenVotingConsortiumisalsoworkingonadatabasechecklistforstandardpracticesin votetabulationthatwouldassuretransparencyandaccountability.SomeaspectsoftheOVC conceptwillsoonbeenfoldedintoCalifornialegislation. SavesMoney:Typicalvotingmachinescostbetween$2,000and$3,000,butOVCopensource softwarecouldberunonanypersonalcomputer(PC)andballotscouldbeprintedonanormal printer.OVCenvisionsPCswithtamperproofcasesasthenewvotingterminalsatasavingsof hundredsorthousandsofdollarsperterminal.(SeepageonOVCCostAnalysis). Multilingual,HandicapAccessible,andReadyforNonTraditionalVoting:Unlikemost votingmachinesandsystems,theOVCsystemcanbeeasilyadaptedforballotsinmultiple languages.TheOVCsystemalsoprovidesforthecapabilityforsightimpairedorblindvotersto havetheirvotesplayedbacktothemthroughheadphonesattheballotbox.Oldvoting machinesandsystemscan'taccommodatenontraditionalelectionslikeproportional representation,butthesechangescouldbeeasilyaccommodatedwiththeOVCsystem. printerfriendlyversion

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