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BRIEFINGS AND TESTIMONY |
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Innovative Approaches to Military Voting:
Okaloosa County, Florida, Remote Voting Project Overview
This briefing was presented at the National Association of State Election Directors 2009 Winter Meeting in Washington DC. It provides a walkthrough of how a remote kiosk voting process works.
[read more]
Innovative Approaches to Military Voting:
Okaloosa County, Florida, Remote Voting Project Overview
and Proposed Next Step
This briefing was presented to the Voter Participation Committee of the National Association of Secretaries of State at their 2009 Winter Meeting in Washington DC. It provides a high level summary of the Okaloosa Project and proposes a follow-on project that would place voting kiosks in combat zone locations.
[read more] Testimony in Support of Legislation to Authorize UOCAVA Voting Projects Using Secure Electronic Transmission
Presented to the House Committee on Administration
May 26, 2009
[read more]
Testimony in Support of Senate Bill 1415
the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act
Presented to the Senate Rules Committee
July 15, 2009
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First-In-The-Nation Internet Voting Project Success for overseas Voters |
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Operation BRAVO (Bring Remote Access to Voters Overseas) Foundation announced the successful completion of its first pilot project…
[read more]
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ODBP Voting System Receives Florida SOS Certification |
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The Elections Division of the
Florida Secretary of State’s office has certified Scytl Release 1.0 Version 1
for purchase or use by County and Municipal Governments…
[read more]
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RESPONSE TO NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL OPINION (09/05/08) |
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NYT Editorial about the Okaloosa Distance Balloting Pilot:
"A Bad Experiment in Voting" might be better headlined as
"A Bad Experiment in Reporting"…
[read more]
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DOCUMENTS |
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US Election Assistance Commission
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
Survey Report Findings, September 2007
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PRESS CLIPPINGS |
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The U.S. Election Assistance Commission Awards $500,000 to Improve Voting Accessibility for Military Heroes
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation is the winner; partners include Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation and Operation Bravo Foundation
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has selected the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) as the winner of the Military Heroes Initiative grant competition. The $500,000 grant seeks to improve voting technology and processes for military service members who have sustained disabling injuries in combat operations.
“This grant will provide valuable insight into the voting experience for injured military members. We’ll learn more about the complications these injured service men and women are experiencing as they exercise their right to vote,” said EAC Chair Donetta Davidson. “The practical recommendations from this research will also benefit the millions of civilian voters with disabilities across our nation.”
ITIF will partner with the Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation, a leading research institute with extensive experience working with military institutions and conducting accessibility research, and Operation BRAVO Foundation, a pioneer in developing voting alternatives for military and overseas citizens.
Through a study of all aspects of the voting process, ITIF and its partners will evaluate and offer recommendations to improve the voting needs for military personnel with disabilities. In addition to assessing current voting technologies, services and processes, ITIF will review alternative ballot delivery and return methods and perform user-focused studies to identify technologies with the greatest potential to eliminate barriers to accessible voting. Their recommendations will be delivered by early 2012 for potential use in the 2012 federal election.
The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and, more recently, the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, recognized the necessity for improving the voting process for people with disabilities and military personnel. The Military Heroes Initiative will help further these vital goals. Funding from this grant comes from appropriations made available under the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (P.L. 111-8).
EAC is an independent commission created by the Help America Vote Act. EAC serves as a national clearinghouse and resource of information regarding election administration. It is charged with administering payments to states and developing guidance to meet HAVA requirements, adopting voluntary voting system guidelines, and accrediting voting system test laboratories and certifying voting equipment. It is also charged with developing and maintaining a national mail voter registration form. The three EAC commissioners are Donetta Davidson, chair; Gracia Hillman; and Gineen Bresso. There is one vacancy on the commission.
[See release on the EAC website]
Sen. Nelson Seeks to Expand Internet Voting [read more]
Offshore Voting Gets Web Assist [read more]
Senator Nelson Praises the ODBPilot [read more]
Security Review of Florida Voting System [read more]
Chip Levengood and KCBS (SF) Interview - Podcast [listen]
Some Troops in Europe Test Remote Voting [read more]
Internet Voting Trial Starts [read more]
Voting on the Web? [read more]
Popular Mechanics: Internet Voting in Florida [read more]
Florida Overseas Troops to Vote via Internet [read more]
Florida to Test Military Web Voting [read more]
When Ballot Access Goes AWOL [read more]
Sweeping Internet Voting Experiment [read more]
Giving Overseas Voters a Direct Connection [read more]
States Work to Make Absentee Voting Easier [read more]
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