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Business of Voting

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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Business of Voting

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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Electronic voting and the security of a paper trail

by Molly Wood
Nov 6, 2012
Why electronic voting’s challenges, from hacking to glitches, might be best with an old fashioned analogue backup.
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Why we still can't vote online, and why that may be a good thing

by Molly Wood
Oct 15, 2012
We can support candidates with a text, participate in polls, even register to vote online, but we still can't vote that way -- which might be good news.
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