I hope open source does not become a feel good buzzword for vote tallying security efforts. Nothing precludes open source based voting firmware from being modified before deployment on the machines (and perhaps with less effort as the source code is easily studied). Without end-to-end documentation of the entire build process for the final image, and secure hashing of the binary, open source means nothing. And even then...
> The ballot-counting equipment is part of a broader redesign of Los Angeles County’s voting system, which will include new equipment while relying on a traditional paper ballot
Article is light on details, and it's difficult to tell exactly what this sentence means, but if it means the new software will produce paper ballots that can be verified and observed by humans, that's a good thing at least.
> The ballot-counting equipment is part of a broader redesign of Los Angeles County’s voting system, which will include new equipment while relying on a traditional paper ballot
Article is light on details, and it's difficult to tell exactly what this sentence means, but if it means the new software will produce paper ballots that can be verified and observed by humans, that's a good thing at least.