Archive for July, 2007

John Edwards Supports “Open Source” for Voting Systems

July 1, 2007

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.”

See full article: Open Voting Consortium.