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Election Security

Voting machines are totally hackable. But who's going to pay to fix them?

by Molly Wood
Oct 23, 2018
An argument for why voting systems should be regulated — and funded — like public utilities.
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Campaigns target young voters, but will they show up on Election Day?

by Kimberly Adams
Oct 10, 2018
This campaign season, millions of dollars are being spent to convince young voters to register and vote in the midterm elections.
A pollster loads paper into a primary registration machine at the Travis County Courthouse in 2008 in Austin, Texas.
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States are spending on election security, but is it enough?

by Amy Scott
Aug 22, 2018
This week, U.S. election officials came out with new data showing how states plan to use $380 million in federal grants released this year. While the money was initially aimed at modernizing state voting systems after the Bush v. Gore “hanging chad” debacle of 2000, these days states are spending mostly on cyber security and […]
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Election Security

Why election security experts really like paper records

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 22, 2018
Our aging voting systems are vulnerable, but can Congress act fast enough to be effective?
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What Rust Belt voters expect from Donald Trump

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 9, 2016
The jobs their candidate promised ... but how?
Supporters pledge allegiance to the flag before Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in October at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
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How voters feel about the economy

by Marketplace Staff
Nov 9, 2016
We look at exit poll data to see how issues fared along political lines.
A subway commuter reads a newspaper featuring the U.S. election results in New York on November 9.
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In the hospital? You still may be able to vote

by Dan Gorenstein
Nov 7, 2016
Some states have emergency absentee ballots to help those who are sick.
Patients at hospitals in more than a dozen states can access emergency absentee ballots.
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Why Election Day isn’t a federal holiday

by Janet Nguyen
Nov 2, 2016
Some say having the day off to vote will improve voter turnout, but it’s a tough sell to Congress and companies.
An early voter poses with a wrist band at a polling station in Chicago, Illinois. 
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Using its powers for good: Facebook's voter sign-up campaign

by Gigi Douban
Oct 13, 2016
A short campaign in September resulted in thousands now registered to vote.
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Finding unregistered voters can be a costly process

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 6, 2016
In many places it costs a lot to register voters who are not already signed up to vote, and that leaves a lot of people out of the democratic process.
Eunice Warren, a New Georgia Project volunteer, waves a clipboard at people entering a Wal-Mart outside Atlanta, as part of a voter registration effort. 
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