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There is an effort happening in San Francisco right now to do just this. See here, for example, for a recent March 24, 2016 hearing on the topic:

https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2567089...

"Hearing on San Francisco's efforts to fund, design, and implement an open source voting system, including budget costs and projected roll-out schedule; and requesting the Department of Elections and the Elections Commission to report."

It's currently up for consideration in the budget.

SF resident Brian Behlendorf recently endorsed (along with EFF, Code for San Francisco, California Common Cause, local GitHub CEO Chris Wanstrath, etc), and we're looking for more high-profile supporters to help influence the Mayor's budget decision:

https://twitter.com/cjerdonek/status/716448812181512192




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