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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Why Baltimore Demonstrates Need To Get Big Money Out Of Politics
Report from Demos analyzes campaign contributions in Baltimore, demonstrates need to get big money, which is greatest threats to democracy out of politics.
Lessons From the Failure of the Los Angeles Blockchain Voting System
Employees at Votem, company making innovations in online voting platforms, were told on Friday that everyone was fired, effective immediately.
Blockchain Voting Company Fell to Common Tech Start-up Problems
Blockchain voting company falls victim to common tech start-up problems as the company is life support after laying off most of its staff Feb. 15.
Caltech to Implement Innovative Orange County Vote Audit System
In 2018 our Caltech team collaborated in an important election integrity and election performance auditing study with the Orange County Registrar of Voters.
San Francisco to Use Ranked Voting on Giant Android Tablets
This week, San Francisco supervisors approved a new voting system, which could enable voters to cast ballots on large Android tablets as early as November.
Why Official Records Must be Made Public for Elected Prosecutors
America’s locally elected prosecutors have authority to reinforce mass incarceration and racial disparities incriminal legal system.
Ranked Choice Voting Has Bitten the Big Apple
The 2019 NYC Charter Commission, tasked with revising and updating the city’s laws, is considering implementing RCV in citywide municipal elections.
UT-Austin Joins 50+ Student Governments Using Ranked Voting
College campuses feature prominently among the growing ranks of institutions embracing RCV, with UT-Austin is the latest universities to adopt RCV.
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.