Due to high cost of eradicating misinformation, voting machine pending makers are obliged to boost spending on litigation and PR.
Voting Technology articles on Democracy Chronicles
This voting technology section highlights the important role technology has played in democratic history and seeks to explore how technology will shape the future of elections. This new era of elections is an area of heavy debate in political circles. Be sure to also check out our Election Technology section and our articles on Technology Dissidents, the Internet and Voting or Voting Machines.
How Candidates Are Using TikTok In The US Midterms
The Alliance for Securing Democracy at GMF tracked and catalogued 227 TikTok accounts created and used by US major party candidates this November.
A Scientist’s Quest for an Accessible, Unhackable Voting Machine
After 19 years of building, tinkering, and testing, he told Undark this spring, he had finally invented “the most secure voting technology ever.”
Internet Elections Ignite Fierce Debate In Netherlands
It is ill-advised to organize a political election via the Internet. That is the conclusion reached by the research team of Bernard van Gastel.
Only 1 In 4 Election Websites Uses The .gov Domain
We analyzed a dataset of election websites maintained by CTCL and found that, of the 7,010 websites that we included for analysis, only 1,747 used .gov.
PayPal Terminates Hong Kong Account of Democracy Group
The account of one of the last pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong with online payment processor, PayPal, has been terminated.
The Voting Machine Hacking Threat You Haven’t Heard About
A largely overlooked hacking target that could help those who want to sow doubt about vote tallies in the November midterms.
The Role Of Misinformation In Kenya’s 2022 Elections
Nic Cheeseman had this information in Democracy in Africa: Watch the recent roundtable on the role and impact of misinformation in Kenya’s general elections, a joint event between Strathmore University and Democracy in Africa held on 27 September 2022. Find more information on the speakers and the roundtable here.
Rural Broadband And The Politics Of Good Enough
COVID-19 showed… how essential high-speed Internet is to our everyday lives… Yet, millions… do not have reliable [broadband] access.
Is Internet Voting Trustworthy?
Internet voting can’t yet be made secure by any technology. There is no way to lessen security risks linked with online, paperless voting.