Rapid prototyping of an open voting architecture

[Michael Allan]

An update on this,

> (1) registration data are posted to the Web in a flat file;
> (2) voting engines read the data to compile their voter lists;
> (3) votes of each engine are likewise posted in flat files; and
> (4) other engines read the vote data and image the votes.
> These hacks should suffice to implement the use case of free-range
> voting in as little as 3 weeks.
 
We've implemented the mirroring parts (3,4).  We're pulling votes from
three different NationBuilder sites.  For more info see this thread
(esp. Thomas's post on the 29th):
http://metagovernment.org/pipermail/start_metagovernment.org/2009-December/subject.html#2413

For example, my last vote was cast on the NationBuilder engine in
Australia: http://au.nationbuilder.com/priorities/72/endorsers
It was automatically imaged by Votorola's engine in Toronto:
http://t.zelea.com:8080/v/w/Pollspace/?u=Mike-ZeleaCom&p=edor

The imported votes are posted here, prior to imaging:
http://zelea.com/system/host/t/var/cache/votorola/v/in/mir/
Votorola's own local votes are exported from here:
http://zelea.com/system/host/t/var/cache/votorola/v/out/vocount/

We don't have registration yet (1,2).  We're temporarilly using a
hard-coded list.  If you want on it, tell us your NationBuilder ID.

-- 
Michael Allan

Toronto, +1 647-436-4521
http://zelea.com/