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Is it Possible to Hack the Vote?

Posted: November 6th, 2016

On Tuesday, people around the United States will flood to local polling places to cast their vote for the future leadership of the United States. Voting—the very foundation of representative democracy—is predicated on privacy, anonymity, and freedom from outside influence or coercion. At the core of this system is transparency, confidence in the ability to verify that each person gets one—and only one—vote and that election outcomes echo voters’ intent.

Additionally, there is a requirement to ensure a voting system that is not overly inconvenient to avoid disenfranchising those groups with limited access – people living in rural areas, the disabled, minority groups or those in the military or overseas. To do so has, in some cases, meant an adoption of digital technology.

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