Supporting the City and County of San Francisco's efforts to adopt an open source paper-ballot voting system. This account is not affiliated with SF government.
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ALT Date: September 16, 2023 From: Commissioner Jerdonek Proposed 2023–2024 Policy Priority for the Elections Commission and Department of Elections: Open Source Voting Systems Pursuant to SF Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 460-14 and other open source voting Board legislation and Elections Commission policy resolutions starting in 2007 , the Department should support the movement towards open source voting systems and support and take steps to encourage the creation and certification of an open source voting system that meets San Francisco’s needs—with the goal of adopting an open source voting system as soon as practical. For example, the Department can—
ALT For example, the Department can— a) Conduct outreach far enough in advance of the 2024 budget season to ask voting system organizations what they would need from San Francisco (money, collaboration from the Department, etc.) to develop and certify an open source voting system that meets all of San Francisco’s needs (multi-language support, ranked choice voting, etc.) and how long it would take. This will enable the Department and the Commission to plan and work with the Board and Mayor during the budget process to ensure that sufficient resources are included in the Department’s budget if any are needed. b) Conduct a public demo in City Hall before the 2024 general election of one or more open source voting systems and invite our elected officials and the public to attend. This will educate the public and show voting system organizations and the marketplace that San Francisco supports and is interested in adopting open source voting.
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