How much do Open Voting systems cost?
Programming open source software and having it certified are anticipated to cost approximately $1.5 million mto make a system that works for California, but then software will be in the public domain and available for use free of charge in the rest of the United States. Because Open Voting systems are constructed using industry standard platforms (i.e. PC’s), and because the computing demands placed on those platforms are low, a jurisdiction can deploy Open Voting systems using computers that are obsolete for office or educational use. This can greatly reduce system cost, vastly expand the pool of replacement units, and help reduce the cost of disposal of those otherwise obsolete computers. Support costs: Open Voting systems will run on open source operating systems and use open source applications. Open source software will, like all software, require some labor to track and apply security and other patches. However there is no licensing cost to maintain licenses. There may be a hidde
