VSAP Blog – Page 3

23 Feb 2017

SxSW Eco: The project that will change LA’s voting experience

LA County RR/CC Dean Logan and Matt Adams of IDEO speak at the 2015 SxSW Eco on VSAP, the process in developing a new voting system and why it’s critical to update LA’s aging voting system....

16 Feb 2017

Voting System Demo at the Annual Joint Pasadena Unified School District/City of Pasadena Meeting

Public officials and members of the public that attended the meeting at Pasadena City Hall (2/16/17) had the opportunity to try out the new prototype voting system. The VSAP team received a lot of good feedback and is excited for the next phase of the project where manufacturing and certification ar...

15 Feb 2017

Voting System Demo at the Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities

Following the Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities meeting last week (2/15/17), the VSAP team did voting system demonstrations for those that attended. Attendees were given the chance to interact with the prototype and learn about the various features that were developed with input from par...

19 Jan 2017

VSAP Named a Semifinalist for the Innovations in American Government Award

We are proud to announce that the Voting Systems Assessment Project had been chosen to advance to the next round of competition for the “Innovations in American Government” and the “Roy and Lila Ash Award for Public Engagement in Government”. Since 1986, the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center...

03 Nov 2016

Stevie Wonder Visit

Musical legend Stevie Wonder came into our headquarters in Norwalk to vote early and while he was here, he was given an impromptu demonstration of the prototype. Wonder interacted with the device using the audio feature and the tactile keypad. He independently listened to instructions, initiated t...

20 Oct 2016

Voting System Demo at CALIF

The VSAP team gave a prototype demonstration to the members of Communities Actively Living Independent & Free (Calif) on Tuesday, October 19, 2016. We had a lively discussion of the different components of the new voting experience in Los Angeles County. The members were interested in the variou...

27 Sep 2016

2016 National Voter Registration Day

The VSAP team was in full support of the National Voter Registration Day today, September 27th, at the Norwalk Headquarters. Different organizations, RR/CC staff, and the general public had the opportunity to interact with the voting system prototypes and hear more information about the different co...

01 Sep 2016

Government Technology: Outstanding IT Project Award – VSAP

On August 30, 2016, Government Technology Magazine granted the Voting Systems Assessment Project the “Outstanding IT Project Award.” The award recognizes the VSAP’s innovative approach to technology design and innovation in the public sector. The award was granted at the Digital Government Sum...

11 Aug 2016

Voting System Demo at UCPLA

The VSAP team conducted a voting system demonstration at the United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles (UCPLA) in Culver City last August 5, 2016. The clients at UCPLA interacted with the prototype and were introduced the future voting experience in Los Angeles County. We received significant feedback fr...

10 Aug 2016

Serving on the Technical Advisory Committee

By Jared Marcotte I started working in election technology in 2010 and, since then, I’ve noticed that the landscape doesn’t change dramatically. There’s the occasional major upgrade or migration from one voting system to another, but the news largely consists of updates and tweaks due to polic...