CA Sec. State Bowen promotes Open Source in Voting Computers

In a 9/29/08 San Jose Mercury News article, "Magid: Panel calls for use of open source software on voting machines," describes a panel at MITs Emerging Technology conference.

On the MIT panel, Bowen called for the use of open source software that is transparent to anyone with the technical skills to understand it. That may not include the average voter or election office, but with open source code, at least some software engineers have the ability to inspect and even improve code.

See also Lucas Mearian's 9/25 ComputerWorld blog, "Prevent unwanted presidencies with paper ballots."