This category deals with the rights of voters
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05, 2018
Vote of Confidence: A Blackbox Democracy
Vote of Confidence: A Black Box Democracy A “black box” is, in technological terms, a system that can only be viewed by its inputs and outputs. The inner-workings of a black box remain a mystery to any outside observer. In the world of voting, Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines are often referred [...]
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04, 2018
Vote of Confidence: Polling Place Tragedies
Vote of Confidence: Polling Places Tragedies Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people in Afghanistan who were senselessly killed as they stood in line to register to vote. It is our sincere hope that our work at Votem will help create a future where is mass violence against voters is [...]
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04, 2018
Vote of Confidence: Voting for the Ages
Vote of Confidence: Voting for the Ages This past Tuesday, a bill was submitted to the DC Council that would lower the District’s voting age in all elections to 16. If passed, the bill would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in everything from local to federal contests. With Congress having the final [...]
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04, 2018
Vote of Confidence: Who Paper Hurts the Most
Vote of Confidence: Who Paper Hurts the Most Last week, we explored why the arguments for paper-based voting systems don’t stand up as well as they may seem. As previously stated in this series, paper certainly resolves some of the most pressing issues with today’s outdated voting machines but a regression to exclusively [...]
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03, 2018
Vote of Confidence: The Mobile Doubters and Paper (Voting) Tigers
Vote of Confidence: The Mobile Doubters and Paper (Voting) Tigers In 1920, The New York Times famously made the contention that “no rocket will ever leave the earth’s atmosphere.” In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit, smashing the Times’ prediction and launching the world’s two major powers into a space [...]
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01, 2018
Vote of Confidence: Kenya and Venezuela
Vote of Confidence: Kenya and Venezuela 2017 has been as news-heavy as any year in recent memory. Amidst the barrage of stories that streaked across our screens this past year, two, in particular, caught the eye of the staff here at Votem. Contested elections in Kenya and Venezuela led to massive protests and [...]
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08, 2015
Even Presidential Candidates Support Our Mission…
The Republican presidential candidates were in our great city of Cleveland last night for the debate. There were clear differences between most of them but in my opinion, only a few truly had a vision for this country. We are pleased that one candidate in particular who unfortunately did not earn her place on the "main [...]
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07, 2015
What your smart phone and the 4th of July have in common.
Throughout history, Americans have fought for voter equality and the right to be heard. That’s what America’s Fourth of July is all about – freedom, independence and the right to govern ourselves. But this “right” has not come easily, nor is it truly fair and equal….yet. Since the beginning of democracy in America, people’s rights [...]
