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The US may be headed for the most contentious presidential election in history, one beset by misinformation, voter suppression, a pandemic, and more. The good news? People across the country are working hard to ensure our democracy will come out stronger. 1/
In 2011, a Texas county clerk implored a group of computer scientists at an election technology conference to design a new voting system from scratch. This is how she set off the most promising revolution in election tech since the 1800s. 2/ https://wired.trib.al/FfCXaCE
In 2016, James Barnes was a Facebook employee embedded with the Trump campaign. Now he’s using what he learned to turn Trump’s playbook against him. 3/ https://wired.trib.al/LJWCZu6
Meanwhile, other nations have been keeping a close eye on Russia and learning how to strengthen their election immune systems against the Kremlin. 4/ https://wired.trib.al/fAeUhdc
Sara-Jayne Terp is focused on a different type of hacking—the dangerous lies that hack our beliefs. This is her plan to stop them. 5/ https://wired.trib.al/ieRPcqb
And Stacey Abrams is fighting back against the powerful cocktail of incompetence and malice at play in voter suppression across the country. 6/ https://wired.trib.al/RPgVHlN
Of course, there’s no way to really know if our election was safe and secure until after it’s over. Here’s how we’ll be able to tell: 7/ https://wired.trib.al/yVo1hjM
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