Voting amidst a pandemic
Could electronic voting help the US hold an election?
Could electronic voting help the US hold an election?
Ed Butler speaks to Nimit Sawhney founder and CEO of Voatz - a US startup that provides voting through a smartphone app, and to Priit Vinkel, the former head of the state electoral office of Estonia where 50% of citizens now cast their votes online.
J. Alex Halderman, professor of computer science at the University of Michigan explains why e-voting systems are so risky when it comes to election security. Lori Steele Contorer, former founder and CEO of e-voting company Everyone Counts, argues the case for electronic voting amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Producer: Edwin Lane
(Photo: Voters line up at polling stations in the US state of Wisconsin earlier this year; Credit: Getty Images)
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