1/ OK, I have some news.
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2/ For the last 20 years, I've been involved in one way or another in election technology. It's a passion of mine, was the subject of my undergrad research, PhD thesis, and postdoc work (which led to
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3/ And as we near the end of one of the most divided election cycles I've seen in my lifetime, one thing is clear: far too few of us trust that the voting equipment we're using is going to properly record and tally our votes.
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4/ Yet the one thing, maybe the only thing, we can all agree on is that, in a democracy, votes should be counted properly. We cannot outsource this to secret, proprietary equipment that isn't audited. We need a publicly owned foundation for democracy.
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Ben Adida Retweeted VotingWorks
5/ So I'm launching
@voting_works, a non-profit that builds secure, usable, affordable, and open-source voting machines. It won't happen overnight. I'm going to be recruiting a lot of help. Reach out if you want to be part of this mission.https://twitter.com/voting_works/status/1059823366679388161 …Ben Adida added,
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