COLUMN: INIT
Democracy in the Information Era: Ensuring Free and Fair Elections
By Gabriela Pinto, Jack Thoene, June 2025
By Gabriela Pinto, Jack Thoene, June 2025
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
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
By Pavithra Sripathanallur Murali, June 2025
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