This election technology section highlights the future of elections. Also see our section on American Democracy!
Facial Recognition Technology Can Predict A Person’s Political Orientation (3/6/2021) - A new study shows that from a person's Facebook profile picture, facial recognition technology can… 
New Tech Allows Instant Scoring of Redistricting Plans (3/6/2021) - PlanScore has introduced a new feature called Score a Plan. Users in any of twelve… 
Bill Would Require Use Of Paper Ballots In Illinois Elections (3/5/2021) - Senator Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) has introduced Senate Bill 2038, requiring election officials to use hand-marked… 
India Fake News Problem Fueled By Digital Illiteracy (3/3/2021) - For more than 90% of India's population, digital literacy is almost non-existent. This situation is… 
Clubhouse App Lets Thai Pro-Democracy Protesters Speak Freely (2/24/2021) - Clubhouse is an invite-only audio app that is surging in popularity in Thailand as a protest… 
Louisiana Planning to Spend $100 Million on Voting Machines (2/24/2021) - Dominion Voting Systems intends to bid for Louisiana’s new voting machine contract as it combats… 
China steps up online controls with new rule for bloggers (2/18/2021) - China is ever creative when it comes to repression. Chinese online influencers now need government… 
A Brief but Marvelous Moment of Free Expression in China (2/12/2021) - Thousands in mainland China flocked to an app, engaging in discussions with users from Hong… 
Digital technology aids fight against corruption in Latin America (2/10/2021) - The Democracy Digest is the daily blog of the National Endowment for Democracy and receives… 
Thai Woman Gets 43 Years Jail For Insulting Politicians Online (1/25/2021) - 65-year-old woman sentenced to more than 43 years in jail for sharing online posts criticising… 
Repressive Uganda Internet Restrictions Spiked Before Election (1/20/2021) - Voters also endured a mass internet shutdown despite pressure from the international community to refrain… 
How to save democracy from technology (11/25/2020) - Digital platforms’ concentrated financial and political control is like a stacked weapon sitting on a… 
A Story of Voter ID and Deliberative Democracy in Kentucky (3/6/2021) - This article traces the progression of Kentucky's voter ID law, which went from being one… 
Towards a Pan-African Women in Political Participation Barometer (3/6/2021) - IDEA has released a new concept note outlining the importance of validating the Women in… 
Study: 2020 Election Lies Were Pushed By Online Super Spreaders (3/5/2021) - University of Washington new study looks at how the "massive lie" about a rigged election… 
Study: Nature’s Power To Awe Might Reduce Political Polarization (2/28/2021) - According to new findings in psychology, by using nature's scenes to induce a sense of… 
PODCAST: Expert Proposes Radical Sortition-Based Election System (2/24/2021) - In a really interesting podcast that featured on The New York Times, an expert proposes… 
Study: No Gender Discrimination When Leaders Use Confident Language (2/22/2021) - According to an interesting new study, people tend to listen to big talkers, but more… Changes in Election Technology Define Democracy
The focus of this Election Technology section is to encourage discussion of all manner of technologies involved in the voting process from voting machines to voter registration mobile apps. What are the benefits to these technologies? What are the drawbacks? Will the internet ever be secure enough to enable direct democracy? From the small questions to the big, from electronic media to digital lawn signs, everything about voting technology can be found here.
This new era of election technology is an area of heavy debate in political circles. Countries like Estonia are leading the way to digitizing all government services as part of a global trend called eGovernment or eDemocracy. At the same time, the modern technology we rely on has complicated the struggle to protect citizens from government overreach, especially following increased concerns of surveillance of domestic communications.
Also, as covered on Democracy Chronicles, the latest research suggests elections are affected by many outside forces you may not expect. Factors that play into voter turnout now have been found to include boredom, delayed onset adulthood, cigarette smoking, wind speed, rain and bad weather forecasts. This type of research on voting as well as other important research in political science as it relates to democracy, the ultimate invention in political science, is highlighted in our Election Science archives.
Whistleblowers like American Eric Snowden and Australian Julian Assange who have leaked classified information to the public, broke the law but also opened our eyes to the increasing ability of technology to play a sinister role.
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Facial Recognition Technology Can Predict A Person’s Political Orientation (3/6/2021) - A new study shows that from a person's Facebook profile picture, facial recognition technology can… 
Despite Security Concerns, Online Voting Advances (2/19/2021) - There have been concerns raised about the security of online voting. However, voting continues across… 
Study: How Online Propagandists Targeted The 2020 Election (2/18/2021) - There was a vast disinformation campaign in the last election aiming to influence the result… 
Are Douglass Mackey’s Memes Illegal? (2/14/2021) - In 2016 Douglass Mackey allegedly conspired to distribute a meme aimed at deceiving pro-Hillary voters.… 
A Look at the Newly Updated Voting Security Standards (2/13/2021) - Election Assistance Commission voted to adopt first comprehensive update to its voting system security guidelines… 
Google expands election security aid for federal, state campaigns (2/10/2021) - All 50 States are going to benefit from free training as tech giant Google expands… Louisiana Planning to Spend $100 Million on Voting Machines (2/24/2021) - Dominion Voting Systems intends to bid for Louisiana’s new voting machine contract as it combats… 
New guide on election system supply chains aids risk evaluations (2/18/2021) - New report simplifies process for election tech vendors securing supply chains for developing the products… 
Election Tech Company Sues Fox News, Giuliani and Others For $2.7 Billion (2/6/2021) - Smartmatic filed a $2.7billion lawsuit against Fox News, Giuliani, others for peddling falsehoods about its… 
Dominion Voting Machine Lawsuit Threatens MyPillow CEO (1/19/2021) - Lawyers for the election technology company have warned prominent Trump ally and MyPillow chief executive… 
Legislation Filed to Require Paper Ballots in Missouri (1/13/2021) - State Senator Bob Onder has filed legislation to require paper ballots to be used in… 
Long lines, broken machines: Why voters should not be too worried about some poll site snafus (10/30/2020) - Trump has constantly lambasted mail-in voting in baseless conspiracy theory. Experts have however said the… Facial Recognition Technology Can Predict A Person’s Political Orientation (3/6/2021) - A new study shows that from a person's Facebook profile picture, facial recognition technology can… Study: 2020 Election Lies Were Pushed By Online Super Spreaders (3/5/2021) - University of Washington new study looks at how the "massive lie" about a rigged election… India Fake News Problem Fueled By Digital Illiteracy (3/3/2021) - For more than 90% of India's population, digital literacy is almost non-existent. This situation is… 
Famous Egyptian Political Cartoonist Still Missing, Assumed Detained (2/25/2021) - Egyptian cartoonist and animator Ashraf Hamdi was arrested January 25 for republishing a January 2011… Clubhouse App Lets Thai Pro-Democracy Protesters Speak Freely (2/24/2021) - Clubhouse is an invite-only audio app that is surging in popularity in Thailand as a protest… 
China Censors the Internet. So Why Doesn’t Russia? (2/21/2021) - China and Russia are among the world’s most repressive states. But for some reason China…