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.
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.
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.
iwillvote.com
I Will Vote
iwillvote.com
From 2016 · Confirm where you vote and learn what you need to cast your ballot.
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.
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.
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?
youtube.com
Revealed: Trump campaign strategy to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016
youtube.com
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
The New York Times
Opinion | Democrats, Voting Rights Are Not the Problem
The New York Times
Jan 4th · It isn’t voting that needs fixing, but what comes after it and the public’s confidence in the results.
Guardian US
‘Democracy on the line’: Biden under pressure to act on voting rights now
Guardian US
3 min read · Jan 12th · Critics and supporters alike rally to urge president to amend Senate filibuster and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
Chicago Tribune
Biden to support Senate filibuster changes to push voting rights legislation
Chicago Tribune
6 min read · Jan 11th · President Joe Biden will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation.
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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
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…
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
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.
Bloomberg
How to Hack an Election
Bloomberg
20+ min read · 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.
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.
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.
Onion Politics
Ted Cruz Decries Voting Rights Bill As Shameless Power Grab By American People To Control Country
Onion Politics
1 min read · 2021-03-25 · WASHINGTON—Calling the proposed law “dangerous” and “unprecedented”, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) decried a new voting rights bill Thursday as a shameless power grab by the American people to control the…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT researchers identify security vulnerabilities in voting app
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
4 min read · 2020-02-13 · Mobile voting application could allow hackers to alter individual votes and may pose privacy issues for users.
