# First open source election software uses rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 26, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-open-source-election-software-uses-rails/177912 "2009-10-26T16:38:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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from [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/open-source](http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/open-source) "LOS ANGELES — A group working to produce an open and transparent voting system to replace current proprietary systems has published its first batches of code for public review. The Open Source Digital Voting Foundation [http://osdv.org/about](http://osdv.org/about) (OSDV) announced the availability of source code for its prototype election system[http://hhill.org/osdv](http://hhill.org/osdv)Wednesday night at a panel discussion that included Mitch Kapor, creator of Lotus 1-2-3 and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; California Secretary of State Debra Bowen; Los A. County Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan; and Heather Smith, director of Rock the Vote." And: "The code currently available for download and review[http://github.com/trustthevote](http://github.com/trustthevote)represents only a small part of the total code and includes parts of an online voter registration portal and tracking system, election management software and a vote tabulator. Prototype code for producing ballots has been completed and will be posted soon. Code for auditing is still being designed. The voting firmware and tabulator program are built on a minimized Linux platform (a stripped down version of Sharp) and the election management components are built with Ruby on Rails."