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America's aging voting machines managed to survive another election

  • Written by Lawrence Norden, Deputy Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University
imageDepending on old technology.Rob Pegoraro/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

During this year’s voting, the vast majority of states used outdated voting machines perilously close to the end of their projected lifespan. Back in April, we warned that 42 states use machines that are at least a decade old. Given that a high percentage of these machines have...

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