This election technology section highlights the future of elections. Also see our section on American Democracy!
Colorado: Clerk in Hiding After County Voting Data Leak (9/3/2021) - Voting data from Mesa County in Colorado was recently leaked. Following the incident, a Clerk… 
Facing Foreign Election Foes, States Hire ‘Cyber Navigators’ (8/28/2021) - Foreign foes continue to target America's elections. As part of the solution, state election officials… 
Assessing The Impact Of Digitization On Swiss Democracy (8/18/2021) - Switzerland political system is supported by technology. However little is known about the impact of… 
The Role Of Voting Technology In South Africa (7/18/2021) - As South Africa prepares for local elections amid a deadly outbreak of Covid-19, it is… 
Redistricting App Helps You Comply with the VRA (7/17/2021) - In the last decade, Dave's Redistricting App (DRA) has grown in popularity among groups looking… 
Federal Officials Predict Repeat Of 2020 Election Threats (7/13/2021) - Three federal cybersecurity authorities argue that threats to election security that surfaced last year are… 
He Was the ‘Perfect Villain’ for Voting Conspiracists (8/25/2021) - Eric Coomer worked for Dominion Voting Systems. He also posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook. What… Redistricting App Helps You Comply with the VRA (7/17/2021) - In the last decade, Dave's Redistricting App (DRA) has grown in popularity among groups looking… 
Vietnam Arrests Four For Anti-State Facebook Posts (7/5/2021) - Four Facebook users have been detained by police in Hanoi and a central province for… 
Egypt Targets TikTokers And Digital Dissidents (6/28/2021) - There is a contradiction between Egypt's rapid development of the digital economy and state control… 
Russia’s extremism trial aims to break Navalny’s network (5/19/2021) - The Russian government is using an extremism trial to put an end to the protests… 
6 Major Ai Weiwei Artworks On Social Issues in China (4/12/2021) - Ai Weiwei is without a doubt the most well-known living Chinese artist today, but he… 
Teaching the 26th Amendment With The New York Times (9/15/2021) - Learners can now study the history and meaning of the expansion of voting rights to… 
The Price of Free Elections (8/31/2021) - How much does an election cost? For a democracy as old as that of the… 
Partisan Segregation Goes Down To Hyper-Local Level (8/10/2021) - Democrats and Republicans physically cluster together even in tiny geographic areas like cities and neighborhoods,… 
Higher Spending In States With Competitive Party Systems (8/5/2021) - Key experts find that states with competitive political systems invest more in human capital and… 
Census Change to Protect Privacy Rattles Researchers (8/5/2021) - The Census Bureau is facing an increasingly difficult balancing act as the country waits for… 
Majority Are Worried About The State Of Democracy (7/25/2021) - A recent nationwide study by Public Agenda, shows that the majority of Americans believe democracy… 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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Election officials fear for the future of American elections (9/15/2021) - Ever since he lost the 2020 election Donald Trump has attacked America's electoral system leading… 
Voting think tank launches lawyer network to defend election officials (9/10/2021) - A legal defense network has been established by a national elections center to provide pro… 
A Group Of Lawyers Plans To Defend Terrorized Election Workers (9/10/2021) - A group of lawyers have come forward to defend poll workers. Since the 2020 election,… 
Terrorized U.S. election workers get little help (9/10/2021) - Election workers have increasingly come under attack following the 2020 election but they are getting… Colorado: Clerk in Hiding After County Voting Data Leak (9/3/2021) - Voting data from Mesa County in Colorado was recently leaked. Following the incident, a Clerk… Facing Foreign Election Foes, States Hire ‘Cyber Navigators’ (8/28/2021) - Foreign foes continue to target America's elections. As part of the solution, state election officials… 
Did A Voting Machine Confuse Ballot Fold Lines For Votes? (5/19/2021) - Independent auditors looking into vote tampering in Windham's 2020 state representative vote are focusing on… 
The Dutch Banned Election Tech, Then Brought It Back (4/11/2021) - The Dutch Electoral Council has brought back electronic voting tools to count votes for the… 
Groundbreaking Study on Election Tech Industry and Voting Machines (4/1/2021) - A new study looks at voting machine purchases in 791 jurisdictions throughout the country. It… 
What’s at Stake in Dominion and Smartmatic Defamation Cases (3/10/2021) - The recent amplification of implausible assertions manifestly damaging to the reputation of business and individuals… 
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… 
Facebook Said to Consider Forming an Election Commission (8/27/2021) - Persons familiar with the situation say Facebook has approached academics to form a group to… 
Trump’s tweets on election fraud spread despite blocks and labels (8/24/2021) - Before and after the 2020 presidential election, Twitter censored some of Trump's claims of electoral… 
Social Media Giants Secure Afghan Users’ Accounts Amid Taliban Takeover (8/21/2021) - Social media giants have secured accounts of Afghan nationals so that they are not targeted… Vietnam Arrests Four For Anti-State Facebook Posts (7/5/2021) - Four Facebook users have been detained by police in Hanoi and a central province for… 
How Political Science Can Go Dangerously Viral (7/5/2021) - Given the importance of what political science studies, from democratization to genocide, a false concept… Egypt Targets TikTokers And Digital Dissidents (6/28/2021) - There is a contradiction between Egypt's rapid development of the digital economy and state control…