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Open Source to manage US state elections

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WASHINGTON, US: Rock the Vote, a provider in technology solutions for election process in US, today announced that it has partnered with Open Source Digital Voting (OSDV) Foundation's TrustTheVote Project, to introduce new online voter registration tools based on open source technology.

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The TrustTheVote Project would provide its open source technology platform to enable Rock the Vote to streamline and improve the user-facing registration process and help State elections offices process registration forms, said a press release.

Heather Smith, president of Rock the Vote said, "The sheer volume of voter registration applications particularly seen in the last election puts a tremendous strain on elections officials across the country. Millions of new voter registration forms land in elections offices days before deadlines, and precisely at the time when staff are most focused on the important work of actually conducting elections."

She added that through this new technology they hope to work closely with election officials in creating a more streamlined and efficient process.

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"That's where the TrustTheVote Project can help," said Gregory Miller, co-Executive director of the OSDV Foundation.

John Sebes, chief technology officer of the Foundation and the TrustTheVote Project further said that in furtherance of their open source mandate, they aspire to provide States with a standard means and data protocol to receive voter registration data digitally, if they so choose.

“This way, officials only need to digitally scan the signed registration form to verify it against previously received digital data and digitally capture the signature. Elections staff can more efficiently verify data and signatures, and bypass labor-intensive data re-entry,” he added.

Rock the Vote expects to begin roll out of its new online voter registration system based on the TrustTheVote Project technology in time for this fall's election season.

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