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to improving our elections, and also to offer some kind of personal observations i ve had about the need for improving public confidence in san francisco s elections. i have been an author of free open source software learkz related that was used to help verify the results of san francisco elections and occasion offer places where votes could be corrected and that s been very helpful for people, not only here in california but in other states as well. san francisco elections and director john aroundst do a commendable job overall how they conduct elections and they continuously work to make improvements and there are areas where they can still make improvements and as i talked to people i found there is a significant amount of the public that has low confidence in the elections in san francisco and how they re conducted and i think open source software and open vofting systems is certainly one of the steps we can take to improve that. thank you very much. thank you ve ....
costs go down capital is freed up to allocate to other areas of elect administration. in addition open source systems will increase the transparency another key recommendation of the task force and numerous independent investigation have discovered serious security weaknesses and design errors in widely used equipment. by designing software in an open environment there is increased chance that defects will be identified and addressed. on december, 2013 the california association of voting officials was launched for the purpose of providing a mechanism for counties to pull resources to invest in the development and use of open voting systems per public elections as well as to provide training, education and management practices to election officials for the effective use of open source technologies. cabo is a california nonprofit non stock mutual benefit corporation and owned by the public for the mutual benefit of its members when include individuals, voting jurisdictio ....
good afternoon. i sat on the task force and thank you supervisor campos for that appointment so this is a simple message that the san francisco voting task force its recommendation is for an open source gpl voting system so the resolution that we re asking to pass is the next logical step and hoping that you support it and thank you as well supervisor wiener and i want to say i m a resident in your district. thank you. thank you very much. next is brent turner. hello supervisors. my name is brent turner. kim unfortunately because of the weather couldn t make it today so i have a statement after my statement. again i will brent turner and chair the election committee for the san mateo democratic party and chair the state of california democratic party disabilities committee on elections, and i i m the secretary for the california association of voting officials. cabo is dedicated to providing the election administration community with election options and advocate ....
so i am jason henderson and currently the chair of the market and ovtavia community advisory committee and i have known paul for over a decade. paul is a pillar in the community. he has back to the very beginning of the drafting of the market and ovtavia plan and he has a long record of advocacy within the neighborhood especially for families and for the public school system and keeping public schools like john muir in the neighborhood to accommodate future growth. i know you have his application in front of you, and he sends his regards that he had to be away today. he thought that the hearing was actually going to be before the thanksgiving holiday and he apologizes he couldn t make it today and i am happy to answer questions and support paul s candidacy for the cac. thank you. okay. thank you. and then next one is jason henderson. all right. so good afternoon supervisors. thank you. it s with great pleasure i am reapplying for the committee on the market and ....
oversight and helping prioritize the implementation of transportation and other public improvements and some of the projects include the balboa park station area and plaza improvements, muni forward which is the transit line changes, the ocean avenue corridor design and the i280 off ramp realignment so if you have any further questions i am available. thank you. thank you. did you want to say anything? [inaudible] okay. any questions? well thank you for bringing this forward. even though the balboa station isn t in my district it s just close enough to the district where it has a lot of impact and i am certainly supportive of the extension. any public comments on this item? seeing none public is now closed. [gavel] supervisor campos. thank you. i would like to move this item forward with a positive recommendation. and by the way what an incredible voice. thank you for the presentation. deputy city attorney john gibner. just one suggestion to the committee. o ....