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                     Here you will find links to new and emerging technology that might be useful to elections.

                   NEW HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE THAT HAS BEARING ON ELECTIONS:

        1. Swedish company CYPAK has developed a new disposable paper computer that could have applications in the
            election  industry.   Click image to see larger view.  For more information, visit www.cypak.com.  The election benefit
             could be that you could have BOTH electronic voting and still retain a paper ballot.

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2. Reporting Software, Tableau, has interesting applications for large election databases.  To learn about Tableau, please visit this web site.

Tableau Software Homepage

                                                                                  Tableau Report Analysis Screen

 
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            3. From Sweden, the Eltec System voting device: For Details, Click Here.

  NEW VOTING SYSTEMS ARTICLES:

         1. Read, "A Modular Voting Architecture ("Frogs"), by: Shuki Bruck (CalTech), David Jefferson (Compaq) and
            Ronald L. Rivest (MIT).  Click Here to Read.

        2. Read, "Secret-Ballot Receipts and Transparent Integrity (Better and Less Costly Electronic Voting at Polling
            places)",  by Dr. David Chaum.  Click Here to Read.  I actually have one of the Mylar voting receipts that are discussed 
            in this article!!

        3. Read, "Secret Ballot Receipts, True Voter-Verifiable Ballots, by Dr. David Chaum.  Click Here to Read.

        4.
Scratch-and-Vote System Could Help Eliminate Election Fraud, by MIT Tech. Review.  Click to Read. (ext. link)