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Voting
Estonia proves trust is at the heart of online voting
Nov 2, 2020
And, for the country's citizens, 99% of public services happen online. Voting was added to that list in 2005.
Why upgrading voting machines is important for election integrity
Oct 30, 2020
High costs can prevent states from upgrading voting equipment, which can lead to security and reliability issues.
The complicated history of voting technology
by
David Brancaccio
and Daniel Shin
Oct 30, 2020
MIT professor Charles Stewart III reflects on how technology both improved voting security and created new election fears.
Businesses encourage the U.S. to trust the election process
by
Justin Ho
Oct 29, 2020
Major business groups have penned a letter urging Americans to be patient as votes are counted.
Lower-income voters less confident in accurate count, poll finds
Oct 29, 2020
The latest data from the Marketplace-Edison Research Poll shows confidence in vote count reflects voters' income.
Voting-related legal challenges likely to continue past Election Day
Oct 13, 2020
Campaigns and outside groups are spending tens of millions of dollars on legal challenges leading up to the election, trying to avoid even more damaging — and expensive — fights after polls close.
Political parties, outside groups pour resources into preelection legal fights
Oct 8, 2020
They're spending tens of millions of dollars in court, fighting down to the wire over absentee and mail-in ballot rules.
For public good, not for profit.
Why more workers are getting paid time off on Election Day
by
Janet Nguyen
Oct 1, 2020
A growing list of companies are allowing their employees to get the day off or paying them to work the polls.
COVID-19 makes a difficult voting process for people who are homeless even harder
Sep 22, 2020
The pandemic has limited access to information about how to vote and what the issues are.
How Black Americans have been blocked from voting throughout U.S. history
by
Reema Khrais
, Hayley Hershman
and Beth Pearlman
Sep 21, 2020
A conversation with Gilda R. Daniels, author of “Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America.”