From corflutes and how-to-vote cards to 250,000 pencils, 240,000 volunteer vests and 80,000 ballot boxes, here’s what happens to election materials after polling day.
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Concerns are mounting that some election officials might subvert the results of the 2024 presidential election by refusing to certify results. An election law expert says the law now prevents that.
Digital technologies can help more people to participate in building their countries’ democracies.
Hand-counting every ballot might sound like a great idea, but it’s both slower and less accurate than machine-counting votes.
Russian agents reportedly placed malware in U.S. voter registration systems in 2016 and are actively interfering in the 2020 election. Here’s the state of election cybersecurity.
Voters across the nation should prepare for similar circumstances in their communities – but there is still time for them to demand better from their officials.
There are different ballots, voting machines, registration and eligibility requirements and procedures for counting votes across the country. That’s a recipe for occasional confusion and miscounts.
Ensuring the integrity of democratic elections from hackers and electronic tampering, and boosting public confidence in democracy, isn’t very difficult, nor expensive.
Russian government agents allegedly penetrated US state and county election databases. Scholars of election security offer insight and recommendations about what to do now.
As millions in federal dollars flow to states to protect elections, what should the money help pay for?
The best way to protect elections is to plan and prepare for an audit of the results after the votes are cast.
Researchers reveal the ways the US election system is under threat – only one of which has anything to do with Russia.
Where problems arose, voting was generally able to keep going smoothly. But those failures serve as a warning of how bad things could get if we don’t replace our voting machines soon.
Though there is no indication hackers affected the outcome of the election, we still must act to improve the cybersecurity of American elections.
While voter fraud - despite recent allegations - is rare, how do we ensure the ballots we cast are counted accurately? If so, how? Our experts offer background and insight.
With the DNC email leak and Trump calling on Russia to hack Clinton’s emails, concern about foreign meddling in the 2016 presidential election process is rising. Is e-voting the next cyber battleground?
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Iowa
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Voting Rights Researcher, Democracy Project, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University
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Postdoc Research Fellow - Digital Governance and Media, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Morehouse College
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Professor of Political Science and Director of the Elections Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Director of Strategy, Global Security Initiative, Arizona State University
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sustainable Technologies and Systems Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Deputy Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University
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Professor, RMIT University
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Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan