<div dir="ltr"><br><div><div class="" style="margin:0px auto;padding:40px 0px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:18px;line-height:24.12px"><div class="" style=""><span><div class="" id="u_79_0" style="display:inline-block"><a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/brent-turner/sf-democratic-party-passes-resolution-in-support-of-open-source-voting-funding/10156824038070215#" rel="toggle" id="u_79_1" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none;height:20px;width:20px;display:block;margin-right:0px;margin-top:10px;background-image:url("/rsrc.php/v2/y9/r/Ms95MTjV0IF.png");background-repeat:no-repeat"></a></div></span></div><div class="" style="direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:40px;line-height:48px;margin:0px auto 12px;width:700px;word-wrap:break-word">SF Democratic Party passes resolution in support of open source voting funding</div><div class="" style="zoom:1;margin:0px auto;width:700px"><div class="" style="float:left"><div class="" style="margin-right:5px;border-radius:13px;float:left;height:24px;width:24px;background-image:url("https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hprofile-xta1/v/t1.0-1/p50x50/12439305_10153314189347396_6428319305438250827_n.jpg?oh=56b6394bf475d1021e5a70a09de6b1f1\000026oe=577F8974")"></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="" style="color:rgb(145,151,163);float:left;font-size:12px;margin:4px 0px 0px 4px;text-transform:uppercase"><a class="" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/brent.turner.71619" style="color:rgb(145,151,163);text-decoration:none;white-space:nowrap">BRENT TURNER</a><span class="" style="padding:0px 6px">·</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/brent-turner/sf-democratic-party-passes-resolution-in-support-of-open-source-voting-funding/10156824038070215" class="" style="color:rgb(145,151,163);text-decoration:none">THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016</a><span class="" style="margin-left:8px;text-transform:none"><span><a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/brent-turner/sf-democratic-party-passes-resolution-in-support-of-open-source-voting-funding/10156824038070215#" id="u_79_2" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;zoom:1"><i class="" style="display:inline-block;height:12px;width:12px;vertical-align:top;background-image:url("/rsrc.php/v2/y9/r/Ms95MTjV0IF.png");background-repeat:no-repeat"></i></a></span></span><span class="" style="margin-left:8px;text-transform:none"><span>16 Reads</span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:17px;line-height:28px;overflow:hidden;padding-bottom:60px;color:rgb(20,24,35)"><div><div class="" style="direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px auto 28px;width:700px;word-wrap:break-word">In a late night session on Wednesday April 13th,2016  the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee announced the passage of a resolution directing San Francisco County to fund the creation of the country’s first complete open source voting system slated for implementation by 2018.  The budget item is currently under consideration by San Francisco’s Mayor Lee following  unanimous resolutions by the Board of Supervisors and the Elections Commission.  Open source election software has previously been adopted by the California Democratic Party within their voting rights platform.   “ This is another victory for transparency and security reforms “ stated California Association of Voting Officials ( CAVO )  board member <a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/alec.bash" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">Alec Bash</a> ( pictured above ) “ We want to make sure the votes are counted as cast “ . Bash pointed out that the systems currently used for U. S elections utilize the same proprietary software scheme that made national headlines in the 2004 Bush vs Kerry election as well as the 2006 Christine Jennings race in Sarasota, Florida where 18,000 e-votes went missing <img src="cid:ii_15415ab1f6cf8439" alt="Inline image 1" width="16" height="16"><a href="http://trafficlight.bitdefender.com/info?url=http%3A//www.pcworld.com/article/127838/article.html&language=en_US" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none"></a><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcworld.com%2Farticle%2F127838%2Farticle.html&h=sAQGIg93J&s=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">http://www.pcworld.com/article/1278...</a>. </div><div class="" style="direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px auto 28px;width:700px;word-wrap:break-word">San Francisco County’s Department of Elections recently earmarked 2.3 million dollars for the creation of an open source election system and the issue is in front of the Committee on Information Technology ( COIT )  Friday, April 15th , 2016.   “ Once San Francisco moves forward there will many jurisdictions in California and other states participating “ said CAVO  Secretary <a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/brent.turner.71619" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">Brent Turner</a>, “ This project will set precedent for election system security nationally. Currently the State of California is contemplating next steps for voting systems. The open source voting plan will save the state millions of dollars and upgrade the efficiency of the systems dramatically ”  For more information see <img src="cid:ii_15415ab213b95343" alt="Inline image 2" width="16" height="16"><a href="http://trafficlight.bitdefender.com/info?url=http%3A//www.cavo-us.org/&language=en_US" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none"></a><a href="http://www.cavo-us.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">www.cavo-us.org</a>  </div></div></div></div></div>