Another group (just got slashdotted, but they're still up for now) is The
Open Voting Consortium: http://www.openvotingconsortium.org/

Yesterday, Michael Batchelder wrote:

> One thing to consider might be getting involved with the
> movement to ensure computerized voting systems are both secure
> and accurate. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/ is a good place to
> start. Generally speaking, this movement needs good security
> people to explain the risks, costs, tradeoffs, etc... of
> software-based systems, explain failure modes, explain security
> principles in ways that non-IT people can understand and use.
>
> For example, I'm working on a powerpoint of the history of
> DRE's, the major issues, major players, relevant legislation,
> techical aspects of the problem and solutions, etc... (it's
> looking like a series of presentations at this point!) that I
> can give to whatever civic group may be concerned about having
> their election system fail to count their votes.
>
> Binky
>
> --- Brian E <brian_anon (at) hotmail (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Currently, I manage security for one of the world's largest
> > providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services.
> > I would like to offer my skills and experience on a volunteer
> > basis to work with non-profits, startups and other social,
> > political and humanitarian projects.
> >
> > If you are with a non-profit, startup, social, political or
> > humanitarian project and require someone with security skills
> > and experience let me know, I would love to work with you.
> >
> > I am a certified information security and audit professional
> > (CISSP CISA) with over ten years of experience with public and
> > private sector organizations. I have hands-on and strategic
> > experience building corporate security organizations and
> > policies; performing threat and risk assessments; developing
> > and delivering security awareness programs; establishing
> > incident response capabilities; performing incident response
> > and forensic investigations with sensitive labour relations
> > issues; implementing security tools for access control,
> > auditing and reporting, intrusion detection, anti virus and
> > content filtering; and developing internal audit programs and
> > coordinating external Section 5900 (SAS70) audits to support
> > financial reporting requirements such as Sarbanes Oxley.
> >
> > Please contact me by email and lets discuss. I can provide
> > more detailed information and a resume.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Brian_anon (at) hotmail (dot) com [email concealed]
>
>
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