November 13, 2008 - 14:32

After SoS loss, newcomer Osgood hopes to keep elections agenda alive

Jason Osgood (D-Seattle) got his start in politics on a big stage when he ran unsuccessfully for secretary of state this year.

Prior to 2008 he had been active in his legislative district and co-founded the watchdog group Washington Citizens for Fair Elections, but Osgood had never run for political office.

Still, failing to unseat Secretary of State Sam Reed has not deterred Osgood from staying active in politics. Instead he hopes to push forward with his agenda of a more open elections system.

"What we’re doing next," Osgood told PolitickerWA.com, "is universal voter registration, and we will have open source voting systems as an alternative to our current system so that people have confidence in the elections."

Open source, Osgood says, means anyone can alter the codes. He insists that is the best way to ensure fair voting counts, because its open nature means that it can’t be hacked, and the fact that the process codes can be viewed by wall will give voters confidence that there is no malicious coding in the systems used.

Osgood says that there are hundreds of reported incidences of faulty machines every election, and he thinks that open source would be a cure for those who worry that the final vote won’t reflect the will of the people. But this isn’t paranoia, Osgood just wants vote counting mistakes to be systemically corrected.

"I don’t see it as manipulation or hacking or conspiracies,” Osgood said. “I see it as errors."

 

Bryan Bissell is a PolitickerWA.com Reporter and can be reached via email at noreply@politicker.com.

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