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Protecting every voter's ballot: 6 essential reads

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation US
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Every vote counts. It’s the key principle underlying democracy. Through the history of democratic elections, people have created many safeguards to ensure votes are cast and counted fairly: paper ballots, curtains around voting booths, locked ballot boxes, supervised counting,...

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