VotingWorks

VotingWorks

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We make the only open-source voting machine in the US. https://voting.works

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Federal certification is how a voting system earns trust. In mid-September, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission certified us as the first open-source voting system after a nearly two-year process. Democracy Docket covered how the EAC’s certification work continues. 🔗: shorturl.at/tiVZ5

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Georgia is getting a new voting system. The Joint Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee is holding public hearings, and tomorrow, VotingWorks will have the honor of presenting our recommendations and the only open-source voting system in America. Livestream: shorturl.at/bQrtY

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Most voting technology is built assuming everything goes right: a clean ballot, a steady hand, a perfect scan. Real elections don't work that way. People are careful, but people are still people. So we build for the version of election day that actually happens. #BoringElections #VotingWorks

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Elections can't run on good intentions alone. They need systems that have actually been checked, and results people can actually believe. That's the whole reason VotingWorks exists: to build election technology that everyone can trust. 🔗 www.prnewswire.com/news/votingw...

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Elections should be transparent, verifiable, and built on trust that’s earned in the open. We started VotingWorks to set a higher standard. Every line of code is open and every process checkable. Eight years in, that hasn't changed. #BoringElections #ElectionSecurity #VotingWorks

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"I'm just a seventh grader. They've probably figured it all out." That's what Ben Adida thought before a student council vote turned into a career in elections. He's on High Turnout Wide Margins, talking open source and the voting equipment market. 🎧 Listen: www.kbia.org/2026-09-16/s...

kbia.orgS5E3 - The New (Open Source) Kid on the Block with VotingWork’s Ben AdidaIn this episode, hosts Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey speak with Ben Adida. He’s the co-founder and executive director of VotingWorks, a nonprofit organization that builds open-source voting…
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Last week we spent two days at the Missouri Election Officials Conference. The message was clear: officials want equipment that's secure, easy to use, and simple to move between sites. That's exactly what VotingWorks builds for. Thanks to everyone who stopped by!

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We build the only open-source voting system used in U.S. elections today. It's public — not because it's a nice feature, but because we believe transparency is how election technology earns trust. #OpenSource #ElectionSecurity

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WATCH: 50 seconds from DEF CON's Voting Village. Security researcher Jason Wareham spent the last year examining voting equipment. His take on VotingWorks? "I admire them." We're dedicated to building a voting system every American can trust, and that requires the transparency of open-source.

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The first election held on VotingWorks equipment was almost exactly 7 years ago. We've come a long way. And we've got some exciting stuff to share in the next few months. We need a voting system every American can trust. We need a voting system with nothing to hide.

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We are on track to be only the third vendor certified to this latest standard, known as VVSG 2.0. And, we'll be the first and only open-source voting system certified to a US federal standard, ever. It's time for a voting system every American can trust.

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A few days ago, due to the threat of a chemical explosion, 50,000 people in Orange County were under evacuation orders. In the midst of this, there was a primary election with early voting. How did tens of thousands of evacuated voters cast their ballot? how.voting.works/when-you-can...

how.voting.worksWhen you can't get to your precinctA few days ago, due to the threat of a chemical explosion, 50,000 people in Orange County were under evacuation orders. In the midst of this, there was an active primary election – election day was…
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Last week, we tested our equipment with poll workers. One newbie said "I wish all of my systems at work were this easy." A poll worker with 30y of experience was shocked by how easy it was to use, said there's no comparison between our system and others. Easy --> fewer mistakes --> more trust.

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It's not just that legacy voting machines in use are close to a decade old, it's that they're built to a standard that's 21 years old! Oh, and they're all counting votes with secret source code. Time for modern security, robustness, and real transparency. wnyc.org/npr/nx-s1-58...

wnyc.orgReplacing aging U.S. voting equipment will take years and billions of dollars | WNYCAmerica's voting systems are getting old. But unless Congress makes a massive financial commitment, a new report finds it could take decades before voting machines are widely replaced.
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Votebeat reports on Tuesday's election in Pennsylvania, noting that, in one county: "poll workers forgot to remove the data sticks containing vote data from the precincts’ voting machines" What does that mean, exactly? Here's quick take on How Voting Works. how.voting.works/voting-machi...

how.voting.worksVoting Machine SticksEarlier this week, elections were held in a number of states, including Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, of course, like all American elections. Votebeat reports that, in Allegheny County, some precinct…
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Tina Peters used to be the clerk in Mesa County, Colorado. Today she's serving a jail sentence for tampering with voting equipment in the wake of the 2020 election. Putting politics aside, what did Tina Peters actually do? What consequences and risks did this have for Colorado's voting systems?

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🚨 This week, we got a call from a VotingWorks jurisdiction – a local resident watchdog was alarmed that the numbers from our voting system tally sheet "didn't add up". So we got on a video call.

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2,556 for A + 2,715 for B + 77 write-ins + 3,084 undervotes = 8,432 bubble opportunities ✅ That's the total number of bubbles that could be filled by 4,216 ballots for that contest. It adds up, as long as you understand the weird-but-logical details of ballot accounting for multi-seat contests.

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🇺🇸 We should all be so lucky to have a local watchdog that's ensuring the numbers add up. Then it's up to us, the technology providers, to support local election administrators in understanding and explaining to their voters how these things work.

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🚨 This week, we got a call from a VotingWorks jurisdiction – a local resident watchdog was alarmed that the numbers from our voting system tally sheet "didn't add up". So we got on a video call.

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This is a "vote for 2" contest. Every voter gets to pick up to two choices. But of course they don't have to. They can choose 0, 1, or 2. For accounting, you have to consider that, with 4,216 ballots cast, there are 8,432 opportunities to fill bubbles – twice the number of ballots cast.

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That means a single ballot can generate up to two undervotes for that contest, which is admittedly a little confusing. And it's *very* common for a voter to fill in only one bubble, which means a single ballot will generate a vote for a candidate *and* an undervote. So let's add things up:

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🚨 This week, we got a call from a VotingWorks jurisdiction – a local resident watchdog was alarmed that the numbers from our voting system tally sheet "didn't add up". So we got on a video call.

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😱 "Look at these numbers! 2,556 for the first, 2,715 for the second, and 77 write-ins, that is *a lot* more than 4,216 ballots! And what's going on with 3,084 undervotes! That's more than the winner got!" 🤔 It's not immediately obvious how this all adds up... unless you know elections well.

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Some older voting traditions, like this public hand-vote in a smaller Swiss Canton, are fascinating. "It's not a secret ballot, so it's not perfect." Indeed. The secret ballot is quintessential to modern democracy and makes running an election quite challenging.

france24.comSwiss canton votes with centuries-old show of handsEvery late April, the tiny Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden votes for local leaders and magistrates in accordance with a tradition dating back to the 15th century: a show of hands in the town…
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Three European countries had elections this week, and they all counted their ballots by hand. So why do we even need voting machines in America? Check out the latest post on our How Voting Works blog. how.voting.works/why-do-we-ne...

how.voting.worksWhy do we need voting machines?Over the last few days, elections were held in a number of European countries: * national elections in Slovenia [Politico] * mayoral elections in France [NYT] * national elections in Denmark [The…
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At the National Association of State Election Directors's conference this week, we had a chance to meet dedicated election directors from around the country and show our off voting equipment.

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It's always deeply inspiring to see the dedication and hard work of so many election officials from around the country. We're proud to be a part of this important community, working on the foundation of our Democracy, and ensuring every vote is counted properly.

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At the National Association of Secretaries of State winter conference this past week, we had the honor of presenting for a few minutes to all of the assembled Secretaries.

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Our message – let's stop blaming "human error", and start blaming voting systems. We expect a modern car to protect us from ourselves – lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking, etc. That's a car you can trust.

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We need the same protection from voting systems – paper/tabulator configuration mismatch detection, paper crease filtering, etc. Voting systems should protect us from human error. Because if they don't, we'll continue to have crises of broken voter trust for entirely preventable raesons.

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At the National Association of Secretaries of State winter conference this past week, we had the honor of presenting for a few minutes to all of the assembled Secretaries.

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Just about every voter trust crisis of the last few years is rooted in honest, human error. It's not Russia or China hacking our voting machines – though we shouldn't ignore that risk – it's a hard-working election administrator missing a step in a complex checklist.

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We're at NASS+NASED later this week! Come by our booth to see our voting system 🔐 secured to the latest federal standard and reviewed by multiple third parties 💪 robust by design, because it's not okay to blame mishaps on "human error" 📖 truly transparent: open-source code and public documentation

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Signal, the most secure and battle-tested messaging app, is open-source. The US Military recommends open-source. A modern voting system needs to be open-source.

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Liberty Vote, and every other vendor of voting machines in the US, can fulfill their commitment to transparency by making their technology open-source today. If every vendor takes this opportunity, together, we can turn the page and launch a new generation of voting systems every American can trust.

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We must start with a foundational commitment to transparency. Every voting machine vendor in the US claims to be transparent. It may come as a surprise, then, that most Americans vote on machines that run proprietary, secret software!

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A voting machine that every American can trust must run software that is fully open to public scrutiny. Today, VotingWorks makes the only open-source voting equipment in the US. Open-source is the modern standard for public-trust and high-security software.

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There is indeed a crisis of trust in American elections. As the saying goes, trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair. We urgently need a new strategy that repairs voter trust. American freedom and democracy depend on it.