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Subject: Re: OSDV Foundation and Overseas Vote Foundation to Develop XML Data Model for Online Exchange of Voter Registration Data
Hi, I know John Sebes pretty well. Although I'm not involved with the project, I know these guys and am a fan of what they do. I can make introductions as needed. best, Joe On Saturday, July 18, 2009, John Borras <john@pensive.eu> wrote: > Joe > > Are you on the inside of this project or do we need to find some other > friend to promote our cause? > > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall [mailto:joehall@gmail.com] > Sent: 17 July 2009 20:56 > To: eml > Subject: [election-services] OSDV Foundation and Overseas Vote > Foundation to Develop XML Data Model for Online Exchange of Voter > Registration Data > > FYI > > ---- > > https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/files/OVF-OSDV_%2817July09%29.pdf > > OSDV Foundation and Overseas Vote Foundation to Develop XML Data Model > for Online Exchange of Voter Registration Data > Alliance to Provide States a Method to Streamline Voter Registration > Processing > > Minneapolis, MN - July 17, 2009 - In an agreement announced today at > the National > Civic Summit in Minneapolis, the Open Source Digital Voting (OSDV) > Foundation's > TrustTheVote Project and Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF) will > co-develop a new XML > data model for the electronic exchange of voter registration data. > The data exchange > protocol will significantly streamline, accelerate and improve states' > processing of voter > registration forms. This online data transfer model will make it > possible for States to > electronically accept registration form data and then rapidly verify > the applicant's record > with the physical signed copy as received. > > "A known challenge facing states today is the last minute volume of > voter registration > forms that arrive just days before the registration deadline," > explained John Sebes, CTO > of the OSDV Foundation's TrustTheVote Project. "Despite the rise in > third party registrar > services that make registration forms available online, the completed > forms must be sent > in as hard copy in order to meet the signature requirement. This > causes a significant > bottleneck in processing the actual form data due to the manual > re-keying of the printed > data. All this can be avoided by use of our new proposed standard > data format." > > "This is a natural and greatly needed development to what we already > do for many > states," said Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, President and CEO, OVF. "This > particular > effort to improve the cycle-time for registration will help both > election officials and > voters." > > The TrustTheVote Project's open source digital voter registration > system is being built > for states' free adoption and will have the capacity to accept voter > registration data > online. Using a scanner, incoming signed registration forms can be > immediately > reconciled with online data using an XML-based voter registration data > model without > needing to re-key the printed data. The XML model also allows states > to establish > standards for the structure, organization and exchange of this data. > > "Working with the TrustTheVote Project allows us to combine their > technical expertise > and our experience in handling voter registration processes from the > unique perspective > of overseas voting to produce an open source solution which reflects > the missions of > both of our Foundations," added Dzieduszycka-Suinat. Both OSDV and OVF > intend to > examine other efforts already underway in the definition of voter and > election data such > as the Elections Markup Language (EML) work of the OASIS Elections & > Voter Services > Group, and other academic projects. > > The OSDV Foundation's TrustTheVote Project work relies on a > stakeholder community > of state election officials and other voting systems experts to guide > the design and > development of open source elections technology, freely available to > any state or local > election jurisdiction. By collaborating with this community, called > the "TTV Design > Congress," OVF and OSDV can produce a data model that will best > reflect the needs of > the states. The open source XML voter registration data exchange model > will be > available by the end of 2009 with iterative preliminary draft reviews > available prior to its > release. > > > > ########## > > About the TrustTheVote Project and the OSDV Foundation: > > The Open Source Digital Voting (OSDV) Foundation is a 501(c)(3) > non-profit public > benefits organization dedicated to sustaining development efforts to > create freely > available, open source technology for use in managing elections and > conducting voting > in the U.S. The Foundation's flagship effort is the TrustTheVote > Project - a di--------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > > -- Joseph Lorenzo Hall ACCURATE Postdoctoral Research Associate UC Berkeley School of Information Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy http://josephhall.org/
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