What we need in the United States

An Open-Source Voting System

Proprietary systems prevent discovery of best practices

If an open source system existed:

    Vendors would have to justify their proprietary systems
    The operation of the testing authorities would be open
    An example would be available critique of the standards

This system should:

    Illustrate best practices in software development

    Illustrate software design for auditability

    Demonstrate that strong standards can be met
        Stronger than current FEC/NASED standards

    Demonstrate appropriate security measures against
        Outside attacks
        Unauditable third-party components

This should be a PC-based direct recording electronic system

    Could run on existing FEC/NASED certified hardware from
        Fidlar-Doubleday
        Diebold Election Systems
        Avante

    Allow possibility of elections on borrowed PCs

    Allows for use of Linux or Open BSD as foundation

    May borrow from the Australian EVACS system