Whereas, New York State could follow a model similar to that of
Oklahoma, which in the early 1990’s purchased hardware and full ownership and control of the software source code for an optical scanner voting system; Oklahoma freely revised and modified the software to develop a statewide optical scanner system perfectly tailored for Oklahoma’s needs, and now has an optical scanner system completely under Oklahoma’s control; and
Whereas, Certain American companies and individual machine-vision
system consultants are very experienced in developing custom machine-vision and document processing systems similar to what New York State would need to commission in order to develop an open source PBOS voting system; and
Whereas, Some of the advantages to New York State of commissioning
the development of an optical scanner voting system include: (1) the programming code could be designed and implemented using currently-accepted professional standards, thereby enabling New York to avoid the use of equipment with programming that has been criticized for poor design and security flaws, (2) there would be substantial initial and continuing cost savings because there would be no annual recurring payments to vendors for use of equipment or software already delivered, (3) the system could be customized specifically for New York State’s requirements by using COTS hardware programmed to provide all necessary functions and customized to omit functions that are not wanted, and (4) the people of the State of New York would have complete control over the voting process and the State would be free of dependence on any manufacturer and/or vendor; and
Whereas, An open source optical scanning system already exists and
according to Richard C. Johnson, CEO of Open Voting Solutions, a final completed system could be prepared and submitted for testing at an estimated cost of under $200,000, which would enable the New York State Board of Elections to evaluate the system when the State resumes testing of other voting systems under consideration for certification; and
Whereas, Due to various delays, New York State may not begin to use
new voting equipment until the 2009 elections, which would allow sufficient time for the completion of testing and certification of New York State’s PBOS voting system; now therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York urges the New
York State Board of Elections to promptly commission the development of a
Precinct Based Optical Scan voting system that would comply with New York State voting system standards, which would be owned entirely by the State of New York and would be certified for use by the county Boards of Elections and by the Board of Elections in the City of New York.
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Thank you and best wishes.
Alan Dechert
http://openvoting.org
Oklahoma, which in the early 1990’s purchased hardware and full ownership and control of the software source code for an optical scanner voting system; Oklahoma freely revised and modified the software to develop a statewide optical scanner system perfectly tailored for Oklahoma’s needs, and now has an optical scanner system completely under Oklahoma’s control; and
Whereas, Certain American companies and individual machine-vision
system consultants are very experienced in developing custom machine-vision and document processing systems similar to what New York State would need to commission in order to develop an open source PBOS voting system; and
Whereas, Some of the advantages to New York State of commissioning
the development of an optical scanner voting system include: (1) the programming code could be designed and implemented using currently-accepted professional standards, thereby enabling New York to avoid the use of equipment with programming that has been criticized for poor design and security flaws, (2) there would be substantial initial and continuing cost savings because there would be no annual recurring payments to vendors for use of equipment or software already delivered, (3) the system could be customized specifically for New York State’s requirements by using COTS hardware programmed to provide all necessary functions and customized to omit functions that are not wanted, and (4) the people of the State of New York would have complete control over the voting process and the State would be free of dependence on any manufacturer and/or vendor; and
Whereas, An open source optical scanning system already exists and
according to Richard C. Johnson, CEO of Open Voting Solutions, a final completed system could be prepared and submitted for testing at an estimated cost of under $200,000, which would enable the New York State Board of Elections to evaluate the system when the State resumes testing of other voting systems under consideration for certification; and
new voting equipment until the 2009 elections, which would allow sufficient time for the completion of testing and certification of New York State’s PBOS voting system; now therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York urges the New
York State Board of Elections to promptly commission the development of a
Precinct Based Optical Scan voting system that would comply with New York State voting system standards, which would be owned entirely by the State of New York and would be certified for use by the county Boards of Elections and by the Board of Elections in the City of New York.
>>>>>>>>>>>
Thank you and best wishes.
Alan Dechert
http://openvoting.org
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