9 Best Articles in 2022
The New York Times
Florida Bars State Professors From Testifying in Voting Rights Case
The New York Times
6 min read · 2021-10-29 · After being hired as expert witnesses for groups opposing a restrictive voting law, three University of Florida academics were told they could not participate in the lawsuit against the state.
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WIRED
Meet Santiago Siri, the Man With a Radical Plan for Blockchain Voting
WIRED
~20 min read · From 2018 · A new movement says that crypto-voting can purify democracy—and eventually eliminate the need for governments altogether.
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The New York Times
What Georgia’s Voting Law Really Does
The New York Times
~19 min read · 2021-04-02 · The New York Times analyzed the state’s new 98-page voting law and identified 16 key provisions that will limit ballot access, potentially confuse voters and give more power to Republican lawmakers.
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iwillvote.com
I Will Vote
iwillvote.com
From 2016 · Confirm where you vote and learn what you need to cast your ballot.
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The Center for Election Science
Approval Voting
The Center for Election Science
5 min read · From 2020 · Approval voting is a single-winner voting method that allows voters to choose any number of candidates. Learn how it applies to multi-winner elections too.
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WIRED
I Bought Used Voting Machines on eBay for $100 Apiece. What I Found Was Alarming
WIRED
4 min read · From 2018 · Opinion: The fact that voter information is left on devices, unencrypted, that are then sold on the open market is malpractice.
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XKCD Comic
xkcd: Voting Software
XKCD Comic
From 2018 · This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). More details.
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The New Yorker
New voting methods and fair elections : The New Yorker
The New Yorker
~17 min read · From 2016 · No voting system is flawless. But some are less democratic than others.
InVision
The user experience of blockchain
InVision
4 min read · From 2017 · Blockchain will have a massive impact on banking, digital identity, smart contracts, digital voting, and decentralized notary. So what does this mean for designers?
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The Washington Post
Voting is surging in Georgia despite controversial new election law
The Washington Post
8 min read · May 21st · Tuesday’s primary is the first big test of new election legislation, which was opposed by voting rights groups and Democrats.
Reader View · Shared by 41, including Jeff Jarvis, Dave McClure, Mike "Mish" Shedlock, David Weigel, Margaret Sullivan
FiveThirtyEight
Has Your State Made It Harder To Vote?
FiveThirtyEight
~18 min read · Jun 16th · A guide to all of the new voting restrictions by state that affect how and when you can register to vote, apply or return a mail-in ballot, vote early and vote in-person on Election Day.
Reader View · Shared by 84, including Sarah E. Frostenson, Chamath Palihapitiya
O.C. Register
Some Democrats voting in GOP primaries to block Trump picks
O.C. Register
5 min read · May 31st · Crossover voting, also known as strategic voting, is not exclusive to Georgia this primary season as voters across the political spectrum work to stop Trump-backed extremists from winning control o…
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Reuters
Exclusive: Michigan widens probe into voting system breaches by Trump allies
Reuters
Jun 6th · Michigan state police have obtained warrants to seize voting equipment and election-related records in at least three towns and one county, police records show, widening the largest known investigation into unauthorized attempts by allies of former President Donald Trump to access voting systems.
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Honest Government Ad | Preferential Voting
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From 2019 · The Australien Government has made an ad about Preferential Voting and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. -*- Ways you can support us to keep making v...
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Revealed: Trump campaign strategy to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016
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2020-09-28 · Trump’s election campaign wanted to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016. The ‘Deterrence’ project can be revealed after Channel 4 News obta...
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The Guardian
America is now in fascism’s legal phase
The Guardian
~14 min read · 2021-12-22 · The US’s history of racism is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, voting rights and women’s rights are steps to toppling democracy
Reader View · Shared by 282, including Fabio Chiusi, Jay Rosen, Amy Westervelt, Dan Gillmor, Kevin Mitchell, Ida Bae Wells, Matt Zoller Seitz, Nathan Oseroff-Spicer, Mary Annaïse Heglar, Massimo Pigliucci, Jason Stanley, Barry C Smith, Ibram X. Kendi, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., zeldman, Anita Leirfall, Rebecca Taylor FRSA, justin caouette, Scott Santens, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
badcryptopodcast.com
How Blockchain will Disrupt 30+ Industries
badcryptopodcast.com
9 min read · From 2017 · What do car sales, voting, ridesharing, real estate, insurance, sports management, loyalty cards and gun tracking all have in common? These and many more industries are poised to be turned upside d…
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flywillvote.com
I Will Vote
flywillvote.com
2020-10-08 · Be a voter in the 2020 election.
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The Washington Post
The British are frantically Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it
The Washington Post
4 min read · From 2016 · Google search history suggests many Britons had little idea what they were voting for
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The New York Times
John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80
The New York Times
~14 min read · 2020-07-18 · Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; he was called the conscience of the Congress.
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Vox
2020 in 20 charts
Vox
10 min read · 2020-12-15 · From voting to vaccines and from protests to pets, a look at 2020’s biggest trends.
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The New York Times
The ‘Red Slime’ Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media
The New York Times
8 min read · 2020-12-21 · Voting machine companies threaten “highly dangerous” cases against Fox, Newsmax and OAN, says Floyd Abrams.
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