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Democracy, Meet Web 2.0

Event Interactive 2010
Format Panel
Organizer Mary McClelland – Rock the Vote
Description We are running 21st century elections on 20th century technology. It’s time to re-invent democracy by stealing open source techniques and applying them to government software development. We'll show how voter registration and voting machines, two critical election systems, get the Web 2.0 treatment.
Questions
Answered
  1. How is a voter registration form widgetized, and how does that facilitate long-tail peer-to-peer registration?
  2. Why is voter registration a barrier to participation, and why has it operated through paper forms for so long?
  3. How are states implementing new technologies to ease elections?
  4. What is Open Congress, and how does it empower citizen activism?
  5. What is the future of technology in elections?
  6. How do we verify identity online in a way that minimizes the potential for fraud?
  7. What performance techniques ensure maximum uptime for election web applications?
  8. Why is open source the best way for states to keep costs low in high risk technology procurement situations?
  9. How does open source solve many security problems that have plagued closed, proprietary systems in the past?
  10. What are the opportunities for innovation in voting machine operation, ballot design, and physical security?
Level Intermediate
Category Government and Technology, New Technology / Next Generation, Non-Profits, Open Source, Social Issues
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