Debra Bowen interviewed at Gov 2.0 Summit 2010
summary
Commissioned review finds voting software coded without security in mind and reliant on security by obscurity, with machines circulating outside vendor control across California’s ~25,000 polling places; recommendation is open source voting improves verifiability so independent programmers can audit code. Open licensing lowers replacement costs and avoids vendor lock-in raises replacement costs, potentially easing budgets. Caution remains: online systems must approach zero defects (ATMs show ~1–3% error) and priority goes to robust voter registration and civic education where turnout can be 33% or lower.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Open source voting systems
- 2:20Civic engagement and voting
- 3:28Cost and vendor lock-in
- 4:43Priorities in digital voting
- 6:12Digital divide and errors
- 7:40The importance of democracy
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