The Open Source Digital Voting Foundation, an organization dedicated to make the voting and election process more transparent, have announced that launch of the Open Source Election Software source, that is now available for public review.

This all new election software has been designed and developed for the organization’s prototype election system. The Open Source Digital Voting Foundation is comprised of Lotus 1-2-3 creators, Mitch Kapor, Dean Logan (Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder) and Debra Bowen (California Secretary of State). The latest announcement about the availability of the source code is part of OSDV’s project, called Trust The Vote, that was initiated in the year 2006 and is aimed providing the United States public with a transparent, open source electronic election system.

One the project is finished and the software is ready to be rolled out, the open source election software will then be available to be licensed to voting machine manufacturers and election districts. To ensure security and identity security, the software has been embedded with a voter registration feature, along with that firmware, that will enable the voters to cast their vote on the voting machines. The firmware will be designed to work on all sorts of electronic voting machines, such as, touch-screen systems, optical-scan machines and ballot-marking devices.

According to Gregory Miller (Co-founder, Open Source Digital Voting Foundation),

“How we vote has become just as important as who we vote for. We believe we’re catalyzing a re-birth of the industry … by making the blueprint available to anyone who wants to use it.”

Via Wired.