Daily Archives: December 3, 2008

Slocum to Speak at National Conference

americaWe’ve written before about how the Elections Office is reaching out to current and potential voters through the use of 2.0 technology.  Chief Elections Officer Warren Slocum is passionate about communication and transparency, and welcomes ideas on how to improve procedures.

As a self-acknowledged “techie,” he believes that technology should be used to reach all voters, provide excellent customer service, and reduce the expense of elections. He is equally concerned that all systems that are secure, that the vote count has integrity and that the voters, poll workers and election staff are provided the simplest, most elegant and useful tools possible to do this important work in our democracy.

Recently, Slocum began including his own blog on Shapethefuture.org as a more personalized supplement to the Inside Elections blog.  If you haven’t read it yet, check out http://www.warrenslocum.blogspot.com/.

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