The city of Denver will allow thousands of voters to cast their ballots with a smartphone application this year using a blockchain-based app called Voatz.
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Some Noncitizens Wind Up Registered To Vote, But Not On Purpose
Some non citizens do wind up registered to vote but usually not on purpose an issue which remains a challenge for states, especially as President Trump.
Republicans and ACLU Join Forces To Enfranchise Tennessee Felons
Two Republican lawmakers, with the backing of the ACLU, are setting out to make it simpler for people with felony convictions to regain their right to vote.
Rights Groups Respond to Supreme Court Decision to Hear Census Case
Lawsuit is seeking to reverse the administration’s decision to add a question about citizenship to the census questionnaire for the first time in history.
VIDEO: Expert Offers Guidance for Risk-Limiting Election Audits
As election officials across the country continue to look for opportunities to make their systems and procedures more secure before the 2020 election.
How Blockchain is Used Today in US State and Local Governments
Experiment by experiment there have been attempts at testing how blockchain’s unique characteristics can be taken advantage of for the people’s benefit.
Maine Bill Proposes Demoting Ranked Voting for a Top-Two System
Ranked choice voting would still be used in the primary, but not in the general election. Write-in space would be eliminated in the general election.
Happy Tom Paine Day 2019 – Celebrating a Revolutionary
This year you can celebrate the event with the Florida Veterans for Common Sense in Florida or the much celebrated the Thomas Paine Society in California.
Ranked Voting Laws Proposed in Missouri and Wyoming
Ranked choice voting fever continues to spread as more states and localities consider following the lead of Maine, the first state to use the voting system.
New York Automatic Voter Registration Gets New Support
New group formed to push New York automatic voter registration voting reform to be included in an expected package of election reforms coming up this year.