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Open-sourcing the vote

A group is hoping to produce a publicly-owned, open source election system. They're in the second year of an eight-year plan.

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The Open Source Digital Voting Foundation is spearheading a project to build new voting machines to replace proprietary systems currently in place. The group is in the second year of a an eight-year plan to produce a publicly-owned, open source election system. OSDV has turned loose its first batch of software code for technical review.