9 Best Articles in 2021
WIRED
Meet Santiago Siri, the Man With a Radical Plan for Blockchain Voting
WIRED
~19 min read · 145 saves · From 2018 · A new movement says that crypto-voting can purify democracy—and eventually eliminate the need for governments altogether.
XKCD Comic
xkcd: Voting Software
XKCD Comic
331 saves · 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.
WIRED
I Bought Used Voting Machines on eBay for $100 Apiece. What I Found Was Alarming
WIRED
4 min read · 77 saves · From 2018 · Opinion: The fact that voter information is left on devices, unencrypted, that are then sold on the open market is malpractice.
vote.org
Early Voting Calendar
vote.org
8 min read · 51 saves · From 2016 · When does early voting start and end in your state? Find out now.
The Washington Post
The British are frantically Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it
The Washington Post
3 min read · 56 saves · From 2016 · Google search history suggests many Britons had little idea what they were voting for
Axios
When and how to vote in all 50 states
Axios
6 min read · 150 saves · From 2006 · Understand your state's election rules and deadlines for early and absentee voting.
medium.com
The problem with voting
medium.com
9 min read · 24 saves · From 2018 · I read, with great interest, Fred Ehrsam’s post on blockchain governance, as well as Vlad Zamfir and Vitalik Buterin’s responses.
TIME
Here's Everything You Need to Know About Voting
TIME
~12 min read · 33 saves · 2020-10-22 · From the benefits of voting early to understanding your ballot better
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The New York Times
The ‘Red Slime’ Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media
The New York Times
7 min read · 164 saves · 2020-12-21 · Ben Smith · Voting machine companies threaten “highly dangerous” cases against Fox, Newsmax and OAN, says Floyd Abrams.
Vox
2020 in 20 charts
Vox
9 min read · 168 saves · 2020-12-15 · Rani Molla · From voting to vaccines and from protests to pets, a look at 2020’s biggest trends.
AJC
Strict absentee voting limits proposed after record Georgia turnout
AJC
3 min read · 28 saves · Jan 7th · The Georgia General Assembly will consider significant restrictions on absentee voting after record numbers of people filled out their ballots at home in the presidential election. Georgia Republicans…
CNN
Voting machine company executive sues Trump allies for defamation
CNN
2 min read · 20 saves · 2020-12-23 · An executive for a voting machine company that has been the target of conspiracy theories in the aftermath of Donald Trump's 2020 election loss and been baselessly accused of swinging the results…
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TIME
Here's Everything You Need to Know About Voting
TIME
~12 min read · 33 saves · 2020-10-22 · From the benefits of voting early to understanding your ballot better
In Blockchain
Computerworld
Why blockchain-based voting could threaten democracy
Computerworld
7 min read · 31 saves · 2019-08-12 · Lucas Mearian · As the desire to increase voter turnout remains strong and the number of online voting pilot projects rises in the U.S. and abroad, some security experts warn any internet-based election system is…
youtube.com
Revealed: Trump campaign strategy to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016
youtube.com
68 saves · 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...
In UX
InVision
The user experience of blockchain
InVision
3 min read · 302 saves · 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?
Bloomberg
How to Hack an Election
Bloomberg
~20 min read · 142 saves · From 2016 · Rigging an election in the digital age requires more sophisticated tactics than just the simple buying of votes. There are emails to steal, campaign security systems to hack and insidious malware to create. Bloomberg Businessweek journalists Jordan Robertson, Michael Riley and Andrew Willis explain how elections can be bought for a price, with or without a candidate’s knowledge. They tell the story of Andrés Sepúlveda, currently serving a prison sentence in Colombia for a host of crimes related to fixing an election via the Internet. getAbstract recommends this troubling, but vital, article to anyone interested in how leaders come to power in the 21st century.
vitalik.ca
Notes on Blockchain Governance
vitalik.ca
~14 min read · 24 saves · From 2017 · In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum...
iwillvote.com
I Will Vote
iwillvote.com
376 saves · From 2016 · Confirm where you vote and learn what you need to cast your ballot.
The Hill
Hackers break into voting machines in minutes at hacking competition
The Hill
9 min read · 37 saves · From 2017 · Hackers at at a competition in Las Vegas were able to successfully breach the software of U.S. voting machines in just 90 minutes on Friday, illuminating glaring security deficiencies in America's…
In Media
The New York Times
The ‘Red Slime’ Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media
The New York Times
7 min read · 164 saves · 2020-12-21 · Ben Smith · Voting machine companies threaten “highly dangerous” cases against Fox, Newsmax and OAN, says Floyd Abrams.
