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News

San Francisco Open Source Voting System Project Continues On

This update on San Francisco's project to develop and certify the country's first open source voting system was submitted by OSI Individual Member Chris Jerdonek. While Chris is a member (and President) of the San Francisco Elections Commission, he is providing this update as an individual and not in his official capacity as a Commissioner. Chirs' e-mail is, chris@sfopenvoting.org and a website with that domain is expected soon.

Some "Action Items"

Below are some things you can do to help the effort:

CAVO Continues to Advance Open Source for Democracy

OSI Affiliate Member, the California Association of Voting Officials (CAVO), has shared some exciting news regarding their advocacy work in San Francisco: according to the San Francisco Examiner, the city of San Francisco is pushing forward with plans to develop their open source election system.