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FREE is an free software project creating Java electronic voting software released under the General Public License (GPL). With this software we aim to:-

  • Provide a secure and private system
  • Create scalable and reliable software
  • Offer a non-commercial, non-partisan voting alternative
  • Use the GPL to create an open system that Internet users will trust
  • Release a system that can be used to support the growth of effective democracy anywhere in the world
Additionally, in support of our wider development community, the project aims to:-

  • Advocate the free software paradigm
  • Evangelise the use of technology to strengthen democracy within a holistic understanding of the current malaise i.e. Internet voting alone isn't going to solve turnout problems

Discuss & Debate

Thoughts, amendments, disagreement and all that stuff should go onto the Free-dev mailing list.


Background

A lot of this thinking comes out of Jason Kitcat's previous research writings. To get a background take a look at the project site where some papers are available in postscript format.

See also "Why electronic voting software should be Free Software" on this site.



Contact - by Jason Kitcat - j-dom portal

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