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Business of Voting

A closer look at election infrastructure in 2020.

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Business of Voting

The case for making Election Day an official holiday

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
Nov 3, 2020
Andrea Hailey, CEO of the nonprofit Vote.org, thinks making Election Day a national holiday would go far in increasing turnout.
"A lot of these businesses know that it's within their business interest to make sure that people can participate and vote," says Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey.
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Why aren't we voting online?

by David Brancaccio , Daniel Shin and Erika Soderstrom
Nov 2, 2020
One computer science professor says there are too many uncertain variables with our current internet structure to try voting online.
"Today, we simply don't have technology that allows us to gain any meaningful assurance that all of those phones and computers are operating without malware, without tampering," says Dan Wallach, computer science professor at Rice University.
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Estonia proves trust is at the heart of online voting

by Victoria Craig
Nov 2, 2020
And, for the country's citizens, 99% of public services happen online. Voting was added to that list in 2005.
With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing many Americans to vote early, the idea of casting ballots online has become an attractive possibility. The small European nation of Estonia has proved it's possible, but how feasible is it for the U.S.?
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Are political betting odds for the 2020 election more accurate than the polls?

by Victoria Craig
Oct 30, 2020
There are record numbers of bets being placed around the world on who will win the White House.
One bookmaker estimates bets placed in 2020 are more than double what was spent in 2016.
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Why upgrading voting machines is important for election integrity

by David Brancaccio , Daniel Shin , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Oct 30, 2020
High costs can prevent states from upgrading voting equipment, which can lead to security and reliability issues.
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The complicated history of voting technology

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
Oct 30, 2020
MIT professor Charles Stewart III reflects on how technology both improved voting security and created new election fears.
Punch card ballots and their "hanging chads" caused a headache in the 2000 election.
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Why this swing-state county is investing over $1 million in its voting infrastructure

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson and Daniel Shin
Oct 29, 2020
Pennsylvania elections official Kenneth Lawrence says Montgomery County is gearing up for a deluge of mail-in ballots, and there won't be a final result on election night.
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Lower-income voters less confident in accurate count, poll finds

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 29, 2020
The latest data from the Marketplace-Edison Research Poll shows confidence in vote count reflects voters' income.
A man casts his ballot at an early voting center in Washington, D.C.
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