VoComp News
Judges Comments Posted
March 17th, 2008
The Judges evaluation of each team has been posted.
Congratulations Punchscan!
July 18th, 2007
The Punchscan team has been awarded the grand prize for VoComp 2007. Results.
Proceedings Posted
July 13th, 2007
Online Proceedings for VoComp 2007 have been posted.
Program and Other Documents Posted
July 10th, 2007
The program has been finalized and posted.
Some of the judge's and committee member's conflict of interest forms have been posted. Please note that teams should also answer the COI questions that apply to them and post them on their submission website. All judges, competitors, and committee members must file an ethics form before participating in the conference activities.
The mock election guidelines and exit polling form are available on the rules page.
Lastly, hotel information has been updated to include light rail stops from the airport to the hotel and directions to the conference locations from the conference hotel.
Team Submissions Posted
July 2nd, 2007
The submissions are now available for viewing.
Registration Now Available
June 28th, 2007
The Registration page is now available. Please register if you are coming to the event.
Submission Links and Rules Posted
June 17, 2007
Please check the Rules and Submission pages. Please note the June 30th deadline for all submissions!
Hotel Information
June 1, 2007
Days Inn City Center
1414 SW 6th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201 USA.
Phone: 503-221-1611, Fax: 503-226-0447.
Ask for VoComp Rates: $64 single, $69 double (if reserved by July 8, 2007).
Election Systems & Software Provides $10,000 for First Place Prize!
November 2nd, 2006
Election Systems & Software, the world's largest and most experienced provider of total election management solutions, has offered a sum of $10,000 to the first place winner of the competition. This makes it the first voting technology company to support the competition, and we commend them for their committment to fostering innovation in this application of technology that is critical to democracy.
Read the ES&S Press Release and VoComp's Press Release.
Media Coverage of this Event
VoComp Announced!
October 31st, 2006
Organized by UMBC professor of computer science Alan Sherman and funded by the National Science Foundation, the University Voting Systems Competition (www.vocomp.org) will take place throughout the 2006/2007 academic year.
Read the Press Release