Since the voting problems in Florida in 2000, the United States has been replacing mechanical voting machines with electronic touchscreen systems. These new systems bring with them a new set of problems that are only beginning to be understood, and they are possibly more dangerous than the machines they replace. Chad illustration

Despite these problems and unknowns, the buying of these new systems moves forward. For better or worse, Americans are getting used to technology as part of their voting.

Yet the mechanism for casting a vote is just the tip of the iceberg, the very beginning of how voting can be changed by technology.

What might happen when technology goes further into the realm of voting?
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