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Early voter Bill Bassett, right, casts his ballot at one of the few working electronic voting machines at the Ranchito Avenue Elementary School in the Panorama City section of Los Angeles on Monday, March 2, 2020.

Election Security Experts Cautiously Optimistic About New Voting Machines in Los Angeles

As Los Angeles votes in the U.S. Democratic primary on Super Tuesday, election security experts are giving the county's new custom voting machines the benefit of the doubt

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Christina Engelbart told an audience at the Computer History Museum that her father, Doug Engelbart, would be concerned that the evolution of digital technology has outpaced the evolution of the organizations that need to manage it.

“What Would Doug Engelbart Do?” Ask Organizers of a Silicon Valley Event

Inspired by the man who showed the way to modern computing, tech-minded experts shared ideas for how to tackle climate change, nuclear proliferation, and broken political systems

5 min read

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What Open Source Technology Can and Can’t Do to Fix Elections

Open source offerings may nudge commercial voting machine vendors in the right direction but aren’t ready to replace them

Election Security Experts Cautiously Optimistic About New Voting Machines in Los Angeles

As Los Angeles votes in the U.S. Democratic primary on Super Tuesday, election security experts are giving the county's new custom voting machines the benefit of the doubt

“What Would Doug Engelbart Do?” Ask Organizers of a Silicon Valley Event

Inspired by the man who showed the way to modern computing, tech-minded experts shared ideas for how to tackle climate change, nuclear proliferation, and broken political systems

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democracy News & Articles

What Open Source Technology Can and Can’t Do to Fix Elections

Open source offerings may nudge commercial voting machine vendors in the right direction but aren’t ready to replace them

Election Security Experts Cautiously Optimistic About New Voting Machines in Los Angeles

As Los Angeles votes in the U.S. Democratic primary on Super Tuesday, election security experts are giving the county's new custom voting machines the benefit of the doubt

“What Would Doug Engelbart Do?” Ask Organizers of a Silicon Valley Event

Inspired by the man who showed the way to modern computing, tech-minded experts shared ideas for how to tackle climate change, nuclear proliferation, and broken political systems

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