SF hearing on open source voting

[Chris Jerdonek]

Hi Code for SF'ers,

I wanted to share something exciting happening this week around open
source voting.

At this Wednesday's San Francisco Elections Commission meeting (this
Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 6pm in Room 408 of SF City Hall), there will be
a public hearing on open source voting systems.

You can see the agenda and agenda packet here:

http://sfgov.org/electionscommission

Six different individuals and organizations were invited to give short
presentations on open source voting systems, followed by questions
from the Commissioners. The invitees were all given the following
questions as starting points:

"How long do you think it will be before an open source voting system
is certified for use in California and available for use by a
jurisdiction like San Francisco? What steps do you think need to take
place for that to happen? What are some possible ways forward? Why
hasn't a system like this been developed and certified yet by your
organization or anyone else? What open source license or type of open
source license do you think should be used and why (e.g. OSI-approved
or non-OSI-approved, permissive or copyleft, etc)? If San Francisco
were to adopt an open source system, how could San Francisco be
assured that the system would continue to be developed and maintained
over time?"

If you know anyone that might like to attend, please pass this message
along. It should be an interesting meeting. Each agenda item will also
have an opportunity for public comment.

Also, here's a personal tweet about the hearing if you like
publicizing things that way:

https://twitter.com/cjerdonek/status/655160948655718400

Lastly, for those who aren't able to make it, the hearing audio will
be posted on the Commission's YouTube channel afterwards (as with all
Commission meetings).

Thanks a lot,
--Chris