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Los Angeles County is one of the few jurisdictions with the resources and heft to move the needle on their own.

They're making their own OSS tabulators. I've been out of the election integrity game for a while, so I'm not immediately familiar with the scope of their effort.

Any one wanting to reform USA's election administration stack should start in LA. Help their effort. Lobby to import their gear to their own jurisdiction. Study their effort, roadmap.

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No, Los Angeles County's new tabulator isn't open source. Look what happened when someone tried to request the source code for their "open source" system (as LA County's press release called it). LA County replied that it's "exempt from disclosure" for a whole host of reasons (2 pages worth):

https://osvtac.github.io/files/meetings/2018/2018-09-13/pack...

https://osvtac.github.io/meetings/2018/2018-09-13/agenda

In contrast, the City and County of San Francisco is working on developing and certifying an open source paper-ballot system.

And that's not even close to the most shady action a government has tried with software that I've heard about.

Thanks. I wish I wasn't surprised. Just disappointed.

I've had prior run-ins with Dean Logan. A leopard can't change his spots. I'm now mad at myself for thinking things have gotten better.

Thanks again.

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