United for Peace [1] and Justice. She is also a co-founder off Global Exchange [2] and CODEPINK: Women for Peace [3], a women's group that has been organizing creative actions against the war and occupation of Iraq. Media is very concerned about the election system in the U.S. and supports the Open Voting Consortium solution.
People to People TV [4] and the maker of the film Electile Dysfunction [5], which is a 56 minute documentary that explores the story behind the scenes of the November 2004 Presidential election, showing a complicated and technical subject in lively montage style, interviews interlaced with dark humor, short animations and musical interludes. Penny favors Open Voting and the Open Voting Consortium’s system is mentioned in the “solutions” part of Little’s film.
US Count Votes [6], Election Data Archive, an organization formed to investigate the accuracy of our elections. Kathy works tirelessly to reform the electoral system, including sponsoring statistical analysis of exit polls that show conclusively that the Ohio Presidential election of 2004 should have been awarded to Kerry (See Problems page [6]). About OVC: "It is the best system I have ever seen! This system has so many safe guards."
Alliance for Democracy [7] and the Oregon Voter Rights Coalition. The latter was formed to restore public ownership and oversight of elections, and to ensure the fundamental right of every American citizen to vote and to have each vote counted as intended in a secure, transparent, impartial, and independently audited election process. She supports the Open Voting Consortium in their mission to prgram open source software and to devise election safeguards like paper ballots with bar codes.
People to People TV [4] and the maker of the film Electile Dysfunction [5], which is a 56 minute documentary that explores the story behind the scenes of the November 2004 Presidential election, showing a complicated and technical subject in lively montage style, interviews interlaced with dark humor, short animations and musical interludes. Penny favors Open Voting and the Open Voting Consortium’s system is mentioned in the “solutions” part of Little’s film.
US Count Votes [6], Election Data Archive, an organization formed to investigate the accuracy of our elections. Kathy works tirelessly to reform the electoral system, including sponsoring statistical analysis of exit polls that show conclusively that the Ohio Presidential election of 2004 should have been awarded to Kerry (See Problems page [6]). About OVC: "It is the best system I have ever seen! This system has so many safe guards."
Alliance for Democracy [7] and the Oregon Voter Rights Coalition. The latter was formed to restore public ownership and oversight of elections, and to ensure the fundamental right of every American citizen to vote and to have each vote counted as intended in a secure, transparent, impartial, and independently audited election process. She supports the Open Voting Consortium in their mission to prgram open source software and to devise election safeguards like paper ballots with bar codes.
OVC Founding Members
Jeff AlmeidaEd Cherlin
Troy Davis
Lori Dechert
Kathy Dopp [8]
Lori Flynn, Ph.D.
Chris Gates [9]
Matteo Giacomazzi
Rick Gideon
Jean-Paul Gignac, Developer
Joseph Lorenzo Hall
Cory Hamma
Teresa Hommel [10]
Kurt Hyde
Jan Kärrman [11], Developer
Bob Kibrick
Eron Lloyd, Developer
Fred McLain, Development Lead for prototype
Lou Montulli [12]
Anand Pillai [13], Developer
Eric A. Smith
Charlie Strauss, Ph.D. [14], Los Alamos Computer Scientist
Arnold B. Urken, Ph.D.