Building the People’s Voting System

Category: Policy

Democracy is @Stake

The stakes in this election cycle have truly never been higher —not only in terms of the impact on the balance of power in Congress— but in terms of the integrity of the process and trust in the outcomes. I’ve departed Twitter to resume my work as an elections expert & analyst in my capacity as an OSET Institute Board member. So, let’s get to it…

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CISA Stands Up For Elections

There’s lots of goodness in the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) taking steps to prioritize federal elections and security of all public elections. This includes the arrival of Kim Wyman. However, a move that caught our attention was CISA designating  elections as part of “national critical functions.” Let’s unpack this.

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Deciphering Theories of Stolen Elections – A Series

Once again, it’s time for some plain talk, after I’ve had to explain election stuff to many worried people in my life, from neighbors to family members on the other side of the planet. This time, the issue is whether the 2020 U.S. Election was “stolen” using voting machines or voting systems…

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Plain Talk on Election Audits and Recounts

Suddenly many people are asking: What’s an election audit? How is it different from a recount? And they’re asking with both interest and confusion, probably because of the just-completed ballot-counting activity in Georgia. For some really plain talk, it’s not so complicated, so let’s do that….

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Game of Margins

A cornerstone to trustworthy elections is a recount process to ensure accurate outcomes. Likewise, trust in the recount process is essential. Recounts are a game of margins, which for this election is especially true. So, I offer an explanation of how recounts are conducted in just the states of most potential consequence in the coming weeks…

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Still-To-Be-Counted Ballots Are Not ‘Illegal’

As the process of ballot counting continues under intense scrutiny, some are wondering about a basic issue: What exactly does it mean when the media or election officials say that “more ballots have arrived,” or “we’re processing more ballots”? Let’s explain that right here; right now…

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We get it: Paper is the Tip of the Iceberg

We recently had a conversation with a potential volunteer who accused us of incrementalism for (among other things) insisting on paper ballots and not pushing for online or smartphone voting. That got us thinking…

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