[CAVO] Please circulate

[Patrick Masson]

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On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 09:35 -0800, Brent Turner wrote:
> Dear friends,
> 
> I wanted to let you know about a new petition I created on We the
> People, a new feature on WhiteHouse.gov, and ask for your support.
> Will you add your name to mine? If this petition gets 99,999
> signatures by December 12, 2015, the White House will review it and
> respond!
> 
> We the People allows anyone to create and sign petitions asking the
> Obama Administration to take action on a range of issues. If a
> petition gets enough support, the Obama Administration will issue an
> official response.
> 
> You can view and sign the petition here:
> 
> http://wh.gov/iyhz4
> 
> Here's some more information about this petition:
> 
> Urge the Election Assistance Commission to quickly review and certify
> open source voting systems
> 
> According to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration
> (PCEA), most Americans are voting on technology that is old and
> starting to break down,Election officials are dissatisfied with the
> voting systems available to purchase. The solution, according to PCEA,
> is to reform the federal certification process for voting systems to
> facilitate adoption of software solutions that can run on
> off-the-shelf technology.Though New Hampshire recently adopted open
> source voting, California Association of Voting Officials ( CAVO )
> states the open source voting progress is not happening fast enough.
> We the undersigned ask the White House to urge the Election Assistance
> Commission (EAC) to promptly review and certify, at no cost, a General
> Public License ( GPL) license open source voting system
> 
> 
> 
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