This election technology section highlights the future of elections. Also see our section on American Democracy!
West Virginia Wants to Use Mobile App For Overseas Voters Again (2/18/2019)- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner says he's hoping to offer mobile voting for… 
The World is Witnessing First Experiments With Blockchain Democracy (2/18/2019)- As blockchain technology moves into new spaces, politics is the space where it is heavily… 
Webinars Explore Online Opportunities for Democracy Revitalization (2/17/2019)- In a country as large as the United States, the internet’s ability to connect people… 
Cash Reward: Hackers Wanted For Swiss E-Voting System (2/17/2019)- Registration is open for those who want to help reveal cracks in Switzerland’s future e-voting… 
Trump Cyber Official Warns Voting Machines Need Paper Trails (2/16/2019)- A top Trump administration cybersecurity official warned that voting machines must produce paper receipts to… 
Kansas Didn’t Use National Voter Database It Runs Last Year (2/15/2019)- A much-criticized national database that checks if voters are registered in multiple states wasn't used… 
Gay Muslim Comic Gone From Instagram After Indonesia Warning (2/16/2019)- An Instagram account that published comic strips depicting the struggles of gay Muslims in Indonesia… 
Morocco Dissident Jailed for ‘Disobedience’ on Facebook Must be Freed (2/11/2019)- Moroccan authorities should free an entrepreneur who was sentenced to two years in prison in… 
Unjustly Jailed Azerbaijan Blogger Faces New Charges (1/12/2019)- Unjustly jailed Azerbaijan blogger Huseynov who has been serving a 2-year prison sentence faces new… 
UN Calls on UAE to Release Rights Activist Ahmed Mansoor (1/6/2019)- The UAE must release pro-democracy campaigner Ahmed Mansoor, whose 10-year jail sentence for criticizing government… 
Vietnam Says New Law Will Censor Internet But Not Close Websites (1/2/2019)- Vietnam is looking to the law as way to control public criticism of government activity,… 
Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom Reaches Out to Activists (11/18/2018)- Vietnamese blogger Mother Mushroom tells activists, you are not alone while walking VOA through her… 
Sexist Data Holds Women Back, Bill and Melinda Gates Say (2/17/2019)- "Sexist" data is making it harder to improve women's and girls' lives, the world's leading… 
Study: Demand for Contraception Rose Sharply After 2016 Election (2/8/2019)- Demand for long acting contraception rose sharply after 2016 election by 21.6% in 30 days… 
How Climate Change is Linked to the Arab Spring Mass Migration (2/1/2019)- Scientists have linked climate change to the mass migration flows that followed the Arab Spring… 
Unique Insights on Gerrymandering From New Mathematical Model (10/23/2018)- A unique mathematical model has been developed by two economics professors that shines new light… 
VIDEO: Panel Examines Public Biases Toward Female Politicians (10/19/2018)- Biases toward female politicians remain real in America. The Woodrow Wilson Center held a program… 
Chimpanzee Democracy: Legitimacy And Collective Decision-Making (10/8/2018)- A male chimpanzee can only win the right to be leader of his community if… 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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China Surveillance Firm Exposed Tracking Millions in Xinjiang (2/18/2019)- Chinese surveillance firm tracking the movements of more than 2.5 million people in Xinjiang, according… Cash Reward: Hackers Wanted For Swiss E-Voting System (2/17/2019)- Registration is open for those who want to help reveal cracks in Switzerland’s future e-voting… 
Where Cybersecurity Legislation ‘Goes To Die’ in Congress (2/15/2019)- Wisconsin Rep. Sen. Ron Johnson leads committee with broad oversight over nation’s cybersecurity issues, including… 
Google, Apple Face Calls to Pull Saudi App for Monitoring Wives (2/14/2019)- Google, Apple face calls to pull app that allows Saudi men to monitor and control… 
30 Concrete Proposals to Counter Deceptive Digital Politics (2/14/2019)- The aftermath of the 2016 election marked a widespread recognition of the sprawling problems posed… 
West Virginia Outlines Next Steps After First Military Blockchain Vote (2/11/2019)- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner charged his elections team with finding a way… Trump Cyber Official Warns Voting Machines Need Paper Trails (2/16/2019)- A top Trump administration cybersecurity official warned that voting machines must produce paper receipts to… 
Georgia Voting Irregularities Raise More Troubling Questions (2/16/2019)- Lawsuits, complaints about lax security and accusations of voter suppression marred Georgia’s election for governor… 
Vulnerable Pennsylvania Voting Machines Not Yet All Replaced (2/6/2019)- The state already recognizes the need to replace aging and vulnerable electronic voting machines with… 
Foreign Meddling Had No ‘Material Impact’ on US Midterm Election (2/6/2019)- Foreign meddling had no effect on the integrity and security of the voting systems of… 
Indiana Secretary of State and Election Security Advocates Square Off (1/30/2019)- Indiana’s secretary of state Connie Lawson is battling a public records request for correspondence with… 
Are Voting Machine Lobbyists Undermining Georgia’s Democracy? (1/23/2019)- In the past decade, the largest manufacturer of voting machines in the country, has routinely… West Virginia Wants to Use Mobile App For Overseas Voters Again (2/18/2019)- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner says he's hoping to offer mobile voting for… The World is Witnessing First Experiments With Blockchain Democracy (2/18/2019)- As blockchain technology moves into new spaces, politics is the space where it is heavily… Webinars Explore Online Opportunities for Democracy Revitalization (2/17/2019)- In a country as large as the United States, the internet’s ability to connect people… 
Data Analysis Links Race and Odd Vote Count in Georgia’s 2018 Midterms (2/15/2019)- "Lowering voting age will give voice to young people and provide tool to hold politicians… 
Behind the Iowa Democrats 2020 Virtual Caucuses Proposal (2/14/2019)- The Iowa Democratic Party proposed biggest changes to the state's famed caucuses in nearly 50… 
Bitcoin-Funded Elections Proposed Under South Carolina Bill (2/12/2019)- A bill would require candidates to report the market-rate value of digital currencies like Bitcoin…