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Why the United States Isn't Ready for Online Voting
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34 minutes
Released:
Apr 16, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
The mechanics of voting really hasn’t changed since the dawn of democracy. People line up, mark a ballot for their candidate and then leave.But in today’s pandemic, the lines for the Wisconsin primary illustrated the legitimate dangers of having thousands of people line up with one another to vote. Likewise, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delayed his state’s primaries from April to June for the same reason.All of this forces us to ask the question: In an age where everything is done online, why aren’t we voting from our phones this November? Of course, that brings in a ton of cybersecurity questions, so this week we have Motherboard reporter Lorenzo Franceschi Bicchierai on to discuss what that might actually look like. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Apr 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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