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Articles Tagged: Voting / election technologies

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COLUMN: INIT

Democracy in the Information Era: Ensuring Free and Fair Elections

By Gabriela Pinto, Jack Thoene, June 2025

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DEPARTMENT: Milestones

Innovative Voting Technology

By Frank Schotanus, June 2025

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SECTION: Features

Too Much Technology?

Despite many conspiracy theories of late, essentially all the anomalies in election technology have come from errors, not intent. Unfortunately, software is very hard to get right, and errors occur through design and implementation of the software, not in its use by the users.

By Duncan A. Buell, June 2025

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The Impact of Accessible Voting Technology on the 2024 Presidential Election

Despite the recent transition in many states to use paper ballots, accessible voting technologies continue to play a crucial role in the voting process to ensure people with disabilities have the ability to vote.

By Malinda Fry, Gretchen A. Macht, June 2025

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DEPARTMENT: Back

Tech's Role in Modern Elections

By Zhongxuan He, June 2025

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DEPARTMENT: Hello World

Network Theory in Electoral Analysis

By Pavithra Sripathanallur Murali, June 2025

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SECTION: Features

Everything you should know about online voting

Online voting has been presented as the means to ensure faster, clearer results, mainly in close races. What complexities lie behind this claim? Will we ever replace paper-voting with a technological solution?

By Matt Bernhard, December 2020

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