Articles about Voting

‘Approval voting’ initiative led by Seattle tech vets qualifies for November ballot

An initiative designed to change the way voters select candidates in Seattle has qualified for the November ballot. Initiative 134… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, Nordstrom join corporate push for fair elections

Four Seattle-area corporate giants on Wednesday joined hundreds of companies pushing back against voting restriction legislation currently being proposed in… Read More

Voting justice group Common Power turns to tech in time of COVID to reimagine outreach

When Charles Douglas III showed up for a meeting for a newly formed voter empowerment group, he nearly turned around… Read More

Security experts raise alarm over mobile app planned for Oregon and Washington elections

Just two weeks after the meltdown of the Iowa Democratic Party’s caucuses because of a mobile app, mobile apps and… Read More

Mobile voting will be available to 1.2M Seattle area voters in upcoming King County election

Mobile voting is coming to the Seattle region, thanks in part to two homegrown companies. A partnership of local government… Read More

Oregon counties test mobile voting, allowing overseas citizens to cast ballots using smartphones

Two counties in Oregon are piloting mobile voting in the upcoming special elections in November. It’s the latest in a… Read More

Microsoft unveils ElectionGuard to help secure voting systems across the country

Microsoft debuted a new set of technology tools Wednesday as part of the company’s initiative to make elections safer. The… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur stirs up controversy with new candidate-vetting tool Alignvote

A new app designed to match voters with candidates whose values they share has become a lightning rod in an… Read More

Which candidates do you align with? Seattle startup vet provides answers with new matchmaking site

“You can’t really Google, ‘Which candidates most align with me on transit and zoning tradeoffs?’ So said Steve Murch, a… Read More

Democracy Live raises $4.5M to grow cloud-based ballot platform

Nov. 6 was a big day for Seattle startup Democracy Live. While the company was busy deploying cloud-based ballots and… Read More

This Election Day, the battleground is shifting in the fight over fake news

Facebook and Twitter have been cracking down on political disinformation during the current election cycle, but there are signs that… Read More

Top 3 voter concerns are Trump, immigration and racism, poll from Ballmer’s USAFacts reveals

The most common concern among voters, as they prepare to cast their ballots Tuesday, is President Donald Trump, according to… Read More

6 ways your vote could be hacked during the midterms

We know every vote counts, but will your vote actually be counted? Or will it be hacked? I’ve spent the… Read More

This Seattle startup is giving Election Day off to its 300 employees to vote and celebrate democracy

Update Nov. 5: Outreach will no longer host the Democracy Day event due to low RSVP numbers. Employees will still have… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts launches new Voter Center to arm Americans with data for midterms

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s nonprofit group USAFacts today debuted a new Voter Center, an online resource that shows the positions… Read More

This app shows your friends’ voting history and makes it easy to nudge them to get to the polls

The 2014 midterm election saw the lowest voter turnout in 70 years, with just 36.4 percent of eligible voters making it… Read More

Online-only voting? Don’t do it, experts say in report on America’s election security

Chastened by Russian interference and hacking attempts in the 2016 election, academic experts on voting technology say electronic voting machines… Read More

Lyft offering discounted and free rides to get voters to the polls on Election Day

Lyft is offering 50 percent off rides to the polls this Election Day, Tues. Nov. 6, in partnership, with a… Read More

Seattle startup Downticket helps voters follow elections and support candidates with an app

A new Seattle startup wants to make civic engagement more mobile-friendly. Downticket is an app that provides guides to select… Read More

Seattle region has a snappy new idea to get the selfie generation to the ballot box

King County Elections designed and purchased Snapchat filters for ballot boxes around the Seattle area, anticipating the existential question of… Read More

WTIA assesses Seattle mayoral and City Council candidates based on tech issues for first time

Today, the Washington Technology Industry Association unveiled a voter guide to help members of the Seattle tech community decide who… Read More

New study: Seattle is one of the country’s most civically engaged cities, divided by race and socioeconomic status

Seattle is having what City Club Executive Director Diane Douglas describes as a “pregnant moment.” The city’s population is growing… Read More

Was the presidential vote hacked? Not likely – but $5 million is raised to find out

A flurry of reports has raised questions over whether electronic voting systems were hacked during this month’s election, and Green… Read More

Live blog: Track the triumphs and tribulations of Election Day tech

What’s working and what’s failing on Election Day? Who’s getting it right, and who’s doing it wrong? When will we… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows CE powers some U.S. touch-screen voting systems, causing concern among security experts

It has been nearly 20 years since Bill Gates jumped on the stage at the COMDEX trade show and introduced… Read More

How state election officials guard against rigging (or hacking) the vote

It’s finally come to this: Ballots for the general election are in the mail, and within days, Washington state voters… Read More

Russians attacking U.S. election systems? Here’s the real risk, from a man who fought Soviet electronic attacks in the Cold War

With U.S. officials openly blaming Russia for hacker attacks on state election computer systems, and the myriad possibilities for election… Read More

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