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Designing better ballots

  • Written by Michael Byrne, Professor of Psychology and of Computer Science, Rice University
imageShould the future of voting look more like the past?AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Election Day 2017 seems to have gone smoothly.

There were few contests of major consequence and turnout was low – with Virginia the most notable exception. Election integrity – the extent to which the outcome of the election matches the will of the voters –...

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