Mobilizing Voters for the Georgia Runoff: Scrutineers, Part X

Reading Time: 15 minutes More than 1.4 million votes have been cast for the Georgia Senate runoff race set for January 5. Here’s what voters need to know.

Noise About GA’s Election System: Scrutineers, Part IX

Reading Time: 21 minutes As Georgia gears up for its runoff senate elections, the Coalition for Good Governance advocates for transparency and security from the state government.

Election Transparency Can Be Achieved: Scrutineers, Part VIII

Reading Time: 28 minutes In this week’s Scrutineers, Emily Levy talks to one county recorder who has transformed his community from opaque to transparent in terms of voting knowledge.

Publicly Mapping Election Problems: Scrutineers, Part VII

Reading Time: 15 minutes Have a problem voting? Report it to SeeSay2020.

Trying to Stop the Election Attacks: Scrutineers, Part VI

Reading Time: 19 minutes Cyber criminals may be looking to spread false election results. Here’s how you can help.

Candidates Must Protect Election Security: Scrutineers, Part V

Reading Time: 17 minutes Only electoral candidates have the right to challenge election results, so April Smith is teaching them how to mitigate electronic voting risks.

Problems with Electronic Poll Books: Scrutineers, Part IV

Reading Time: 22 minutes 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.

Mimi Kennedy Takes On the ‘Surrender Rule’: Scrutineers, Part III

Reading Time: 17 minutes In a year when 50 percent of voters or more are expected to vote by mail in the general election, “the surrender rule” could require millions to vote by provisional ballots. Emily Levy interviews election protection activist Mimi Kennedy about what happens when voters who are listed as having been sent a mail ballot show up to the polls to vote in person. The answer could be suppression.

Bennie Smith: Scrutineers, Part II

Reading Time: 26 minutes Bennie Smith discovered a high-risk tampering mechanism built into US election systems.

Smith explains what he found, its implications, and how election officials and members of the public can detect this “feature” of our voting systems that belies the principle of “one person, one vote.”

Even if You Vote… Will It Count? Scrutineers, Part I

Reading Time: 19 minutes The founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition talks about efforts to stop your vote from being counted — and what you can do about it.