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Rules Committee hears proposal for San Francisco to fund an open-source voting system; budget ask enters process
Summary
Supervisors heard a plan for a modular, open-source paper-ballot voting system and a budget request that includes $300,000 for planning and a $2 million initial development ask; advocates emphasized accessibility and transparency, and the committee filed the hearing for the budget process.
The Rules Committee held a hearing on March 16 on a San Francisco effort to fund, design and implement an open-source voting system, a multi-year project proponents say could increase transparency and reduce long-term vendor costs.
Supervisor Scott Wiener and Chris Jerdanek, vice president of the Elections Commission, described a two-phase approach: a 10-month planning and assessment phase to refine requirements and cost estimates, followed by two-plus years of development and certification. The Elections Commission passed a unanimous resolution calling for the city and mayor to fund an open-source project.
Jerdanek said advocates and respondents…
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