2016 Elections
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Can Blockchain-Enabled Voting Meet Security and Secrecy Standards?
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In 2018, West Virginia became the first state in the U.S. to test blockchain-enabled internet voting on mobile devices for a federal-level general election. Overseas voters from 24 West Virginia counties were able to cast their votes via an app instead of requesting absentee ballots. Despite the easier access to…
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Technologies that Matter: How BallotReady is Educating Voters
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BallotReady is an online voting guide for local, state, and federal elections. It provides a free guide with information on more than 20,000 candidates across 25 states and Washington, D.C. that helps voters make better-informed decisions. The Director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago, David Axelrod, sits…