Military Voting articles on Democracy Chronicles

The unique challenges of ensuring military voting rights will be covered in this section. Absentee ballots for overseas members of the military exist but the 50 states have different rules. A low voting rate for overseas military personnel is evidence of a problem. Also see our articles on Mail and Absentee Voting and Voter Access.

State of the Military Voter: an FVAP summary of the PEVS

By DC Editors - August 24, 2019 Leave a Comment

As Director of the U.S. Department of Defense’s FVAP, I help lead the nation’s efforts to ensure that Americans around the world military members.

A First Look At The Unusual Military-Run DEFCON Voting Village

By DC Editors - July 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

Lawmakers will join former NSA national threat operations director Sherri Ramsay in the election security-focused corner of the cybersecurity conference.

Utah County To Pilot Blockchain-based Mobile Voting

By DC Editors - July 24, 2019 Leave a Comment

Utah County pilots mobile voting application based on blockchain to allow military absentee voters and their overseas voters to vote.

How Trump Trade Policy May Harm Overseas And Military Voters

By DC Editors - June 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

The Trump administration has supported plenty of moves to make it harder to vote. But an under-the-radar action President Trump took last year.

Is West Virginia’s Planned 2020 Blockchain Vote A Risky Idea?

By DC Editors - May 19, 2019 Leave a Comment

Military voters stationed overseas will be able to cast their votes for the 2020 presidential election via a mobile app that uses a private blockchain.

West Virginia Will Use Blockchain Voting In The 2020 Election

By DC Editors - April 19, 2019 Leave a Comment

West Virginia made history last year as the first US state to use mobile blockchain voting for a midterm election thought were criticized by the state.

A Look at the New Denver Blockchain Voting Plan

By DC Editors - March 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

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.