Is This Any Way to Vote?
The simple and quaint past way of voting is over. It’s a brave new world and the authors of the new WhoWhatWhy e-book help us understand it.
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Ignoring Warning Signs: Officials Approve Vulnerable Voting Machines
While more states move toward hand-marked paper ballots, others will keep using outdated voting machines that are hackable and known to have serious security flaws.
Problems with Electronic Poll Books: Scrutineers, Part IV
E-poll books are used around the US to check in voters. Because they use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, they’re vulnerable to manipulation and malfunction.
US Elections: Dangerous Erosion of Trust in a Dangerously Untrustworthy Process
Election experts Jonathan Simon and Lynn Bernstein go deep into how America’s myriad of voting systems operate, and the reasons trust in them has cratered
State-Level Voter Suppression Bills and the Dangerous Path Ahead
It is, to be blunt, one big process game with all eyes — whatever “principled” pretexts have been advanced — riveted on outcomes.
Georgia Runoff Will Likely ‘Contaminate’ Voting Machines As Evidence
A WhoWhatWhy investigation shows that, for the last 16 years, Georgia has either been ignoring or misinterpreting one of its own rules on storing election data.
Florida Election Offers Target-Rich Environment for Russia’s Agents
When Dutch authorities apprehended a team of Russian hackers, it became clear that Vladimir Putin is willing to send teams of cyber operatives abroad. How much damage could they do in a state like Florida? We asked the experts.
Green Shoots in the Future of Voting
Some stories and blueprints for success in the voting-rights battle.
Touchscreen Voting Machines and the Vanishing Black Votes
After thousands of votes mysteriously vanished from touchscreen voting machines in Shelby County, TN, a battle rages over how to replace the machines.
Who Benefits When Voting Is Made Difficult?
A new wave of restrictive voting laws, coupled with unlimited political cash, reminds us that voting rights are still not guaranteed and the Founders’ battles are still not over.
How Easy-to-hack Voting Machines Endanger Democracy
It doesn’t take much skill to hack a voting machine.
Even If You Vote… Will It Count?
The founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition talks about efforts to stop your vote from being counted — and what you can do about it.