Rules Committee backs resolution to study open-source voting systems and asks LAFCO to analyze options
The committee unanimously forwarded a nonbinding resolution supporting San Francisco joining the California Association of Voting Officials and requesting a LAFCO study of options to implement open-source voting systems; presenters cited transparency, cost savings and accessibility improvements, while the Department of Elections warned that current contracts and timelines constrain a full switch before 2016.
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Supervisor Scott Wiener introduced a resolution asking San Francisco to join the California Association of Voting Officials (CAVA) and to work with other jurisdictions to study open-source voting systems. Wiener said open-source systems increase public accountability and can reduce long-term costs by allowing counties to use commercial off-the-shelf hardware and publicly owned software.
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