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Design is a key issue in making voting technology work. User Experience design plays a key role in improving voting systems and making sure every vote counts- as the voter intended.
Big Data in Politics: How Did We Get Here & Where Are We Going?Epolitics.com
Big data is transforming politics, creating new opportunities to contact individual voters with messages specifically designed to motivate them in particular. How did we get here? How does data-driven voter targeting work? What are the implications for democracy?
Design is a key issue in making voting technology work. User Experience design plays a key role in improving voting systems and making sure every vote counts- as the voter intended.
Big Data in Politics: How Did We Get Here & Where Are We Going?Epolitics.com
Big data is transforming politics, creating new opportunities to contact individual voters with messages specifically designed to motivate them in particular. How did we get here? How does data-driven voter targeting work? What are the implications for democracy?
This presentation explores big data and its growing importance in winning and predicting future elections. In addition to this, controversies surrounding the intense use and analysis of personal data and the transition from viewing voting blocks as groups made of of individuals to individuals who are, by default, part of a group.
Impacts of Government-Led Civic Tech: US Citiesmysociety
This was presented by Emily Shaw from mySociety at the Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC2016) in Barcelona on 27th April. You can find out more information about the conference here: https://www.mysociety.org/research/tictec-2016/
Camapign Sciences is the analytics arm of Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research. This deck is our attempt to explain what we do, how we do it and how our clients use it.
Increasing Voter Knowledge with Pre-Election Interventions on FacebookMIT GOV/LAB
As part of our Data Science to Solve Social Problems series, Facebook Data Scientist Winter Mason presented on efforts to increase online civic engagement.
This presentation explains the reason behind the success of Obama in winning the second term.It talks about how social media can be fully utilized to promote a product or a service.
Managing reputation for US technology companies in the UKBrunswick Group
Corporate reputations across most sectors have deteriorated in recent years, but the tech industry has proved almost immune to reputational damage. Recently, however, major concerns around data privacy, corporate tax and the use of online networks by terrorists have caused UK public and media sentiment to shift. These issues have also put the tech sector on a collision course with governments and regulators, both in the UK and across Europe.
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This presentation explores big data and its growing importance in winning and predicting future elections. In addition to this, controversies surrounding the intense use and analysis of personal data and the transition from viewing voting blocks as groups made of of individuals to individuals who are, by default, part of a group.
Impacts of Government-Led Civic Tech: US Citiesmysociety
This was presented by Emily Shaw from mySociety at the Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC2016) in Barcelona on 27th April. You can find out more information about the conference here: https://www.mysociety.org/research/tictec-2016/
Camapign Sciences is the analytics arm of Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research. This deck is our attempt to explain what we do, how we do it and how our clients use it.
Increasing Voter Knowledge with Pre-Election Interventions on FacebookMIT GOV/LAB
As part of our Data Science to Solve Social Problems series, Facebook Data Scientist Winter Mason presented on efforts to increase online civic engagement.
This presentation explains the reason behind the success of Obama in winning the second term.It talks about how social media can be fully utilized to promote a product or a service.
Managing reputation for US technology companies in the UKBrunswick Group
Corporate reputations across most sectors have deteriorated in recent years, but the tech industry has proved almost immune to reputational damage. Recently, however, major concerns around data privacy, corporate tax and the use of online networks by terrorists have caused UK public and media sentiment to shift. These issues have also put the tech sector on a collision course with governments and regulators, both in the UK and across Europe.
Drawing on new opinion research from Brunswick Insight, this presentation examines why trust in tech companies is falling in the UK, and provides a basis for designing strategies to rebuild it. We also look at the practical implications of a damaged reputation as the sector faces up to new challenges and a more hostile environment.
For more information please contact:
Amanda Duckworth: www.brunswickgroup.com/people/directory/amanda-duckworth/
Chris Blundell: www.brunswickgroup.com/people/directory/chris-blundell/
Phil Riggins: www.brunswickgroup.com/people/directory/phil-riggins/
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What does the e-citizen:
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think?
say they want?
really do online?
How can we best use online tools and
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Persuasive Speech Outline
Voting Machines Should Not Be Used
I. INTRODUCTION
Attention Getter: Imagine yourself going to the polls and casting your vote for your favorite
politician on an electronic voting machine also known as e-voting. You get to the machine where
you’re planning to cast your vote, but it turns out that the machine you are using can get hacked
under two minutes. This leads to the following question: Why has the government not taken
action to improve or remove e-voting?
Relevance: According to Alice B. Lloyd, after Russia interfered with the 2016 election, congress
approved a $380 million budget to improve electronic voting machine systems. Yet, only
Virginia has replaced their outdated machine, leaving 13 states still dependent on electronic
devices. There are five states including who want to improve their system; but, they still can’t
afford to upgrade to paper ballots (Lloyd, 2018). Keep in mind, that in the 2016 presidential
election, approximately 138 million of eligible voters voted (Penn Library, 2018). This
demonstrates that 138 millions of people’s voice may not be heard. Voting is a right and
privilege that eligible voters are given and we need to make sure that every vote counts.
I want to persuade you to begin spreading the word about the flaws of e-voting and make your
voice be heard among your community. This will help us to achieve a better and more
sustainable future--creating and sustaining peace, justice, and stronger institutions.
Overview: Today, I am going to talk to you about the flaws of e-voting including: lack of
accuracy, possibility of error, and hacking; and I will give you some solutions you can take to
protect voters and their voice in society.
Transition: The question regarding how safe voting machines are, brings up an ethical analysis.
II. BODY
Need/Problem
Voting machines have lost votes and electronic failure.
• In Palm Beach County, Florida in March 2012, the program on a voting machine caused
votes to be assigned to the wrong candidate. Luckily, this county used paper trail which
permitted the county to go back and recount all of the correct ballots changing the result
of the election. Yet, nearly 40 percent of voters are expected to cast ballots on electronic
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2. Editorial Drumbeat After Florida
Democracy’s Rusty Machinery
What has become embarassingly clear over the last few
anxious days is that the world’s most powerful democracy
needs to figure out a better way to vote for president.
Voting Made Difficult
…there were enough reports of bad judgment, poor planning
and snarled paperwork to suggest the richest and most
technologically advance nation on earth had still not
figured out how to record quickly and accurately the
preferences of its citizens.
3. Advocacy to Corporate
The biggest political football involving electronic democracy
is online voting—if it becomes a reality it will signal the
largest revolution so far in electronic democracy.
League of Women Voters
In the year 2004, the next presidential campaign after this
one, you will find, in my opinion, the vast majority of
states will already have Internet voting.
John Chambers, Cisco
4. And of course politicians
So the range of things you can do over the Internet is
enormous, but you can't, as yet, vote…we want to see
greater participation in our democracy. We want to see a
more informed electorate. And there are certainly two
basic ways in which the Internet will have a profound
impact.
Gov. George Pataki
I am convinced that within five to seven years Americans will
be casting their ballots on the Internet, just as easily as they
can buy a stock on E-Trade today
Gov. Gray Davis
5. ―Internet voting doesn’t impress me as solving
problems. To the contrary, the possibility of it being
corrupted is just incredible.‖
--Craig Donsanto, DOJ
6. Voting Innovations & Reforms
• Early voting
• Vote by mail
• Motor voter
• Same day registration
7. If you build it will they vote?
Traugott (Michigan)
• Effects on turnout were small, virtually none greater than single digit
increases in turnout.
• Even smaller or nonexistent effects on changing composition of
electorate.
Magleby (BYU)
• Introduced notion of ―Novelty‖ in voting reforms.
• High participation in vote-by-mail efforts were correlated with high
media coverage.
• Low participation efforts did not generate media coverage.
Brady (Standford)
• Local elections have lower turnout because of low media coverage.
Solop (Northern Arizona University)
Internet voting is associated with high turnout.
8. Why Internet Voting?
• Low voter turnout
• Credibility of government -- make the vote more
representative
• Inefficient elections –The Florida Effect
• Greater deliberation
• Cost of elections
• Direct democracy
• Public Demand: ecommerce? Why not epolitics?
11. Who are Nonvoters?
1996 & 2000
• 100 million Americans
• Young and poor
• Doppelt/Shearer: Doers, Unpluggeds, Irritables,
Don’t knows, Alienateds, Can’t votes
―We’ve got half the electorate sitting at home. The problem
of non-participation continues unabated.‖
Committee for the Study of the American Electorate
12. What is Internet Voting?
• Poll Site voting – closed network
– Security and privacy more manageable
– Supports early voting
– Avoids digital divide
– Avoids coercion and vote-selling
– Does not serve travelers, students, military
• Remote voting – open network
13. Barriers to Remote Online Voting
Privacy
Security
Access
Laws/Regs
Social/Psych
Inspection
Technology
Standards
Marketing
Digital Sign.
14. Who’s in the game
• Election Systems and Software (ESS)
– San Mateo trial
• Votehere.net
– Alaska, Washington, San Diego, Maricopa, Sacramento
• Election.com
– Arizona Democratic Primary
• Booz Allen
– DoD pilot
17. DOD Voting Over Internet
• Participants: Orange and Okaloosa (Florida),
Weber (Utah), Dallas (Texas), South Carolina
• Goal: 350 U.S. Military personnel and family
members based overseas
• Test Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) encryption
software (Booz Allen)
• Remote voting
• Communications
– Base newspapers
– Company/Division meetings
– DOD public affairs
What were the results?
18. DOD Voting Over Internet
• Less than 100 participants
• Hardly representative
• No ADA or access issues
• Extremely limiting local regulations
• PKI was cumbersome – loading and reloading
software
• The Colonel factor
• Narrow communications/marketing vehicles
19. Arizona Democratic Primary
By cajoling the young, elderly, and everyone in
between to vote via the Web, Arizona's Democrats
are hoping to rejuvenate their party and reverse the
dismal turnout that has characterized past
elections.
--Wired
20. Arizona Democratic Primary
• Democratic Party contracted with Election.com
• Challenged by Voting Integrity Project on
Digital Divide grounds
• Appeals will be heard Jan. 2001
• Offered pollsite and remote
• Dr. Fred Solop of Northern Arizona University
studied the project
What were the results?
21. Arizona Democratic Primary
• Low turnout overall but 48 percent of ballots cast
over the Internet. 90% voted remotely.
• High income & young most likely to cast eballots
• No state certification
• Vulnerable to attacks/hacks
• Weak voter authentication
• Poor voter privacy
• Business activity and publicity effort
• Allegations that it did not support Linux, mac and
older Netscape versions
• Shining ex. of Internet voting future or Novelty?
22. Testing the Novelty Theory
• Media Index v. Voter Turnout
– $s spent on marketing
– # of stories in local media mentioning the online capability
– # of impressions of those stories
– Example:
• 0-500,000 = 1
• 500,001-750,000 = 2
AZ Theoretical Media Index/Voter
Turnout
0 20 40 60 80
2
4
6
8
10
MediaIndex
Voter Turnout
2002
2001
2000
23. OR Theoretical Media Index/Voter
Turnout
0 50 100
2
4
6
8
10
MediaIndex
Voter Turnout
2002
2001
2000
24. Timeline for Online Voting
Spring
• NSF, IPI report and recommendations
• White House report
• California will certify its first Internet voting
system
• Arizona Democratic Primary case heard
• Annenberg Internet and politics conference
Fall
• Expect first Internet public election
25. Questions Raised
• What is the impact of entering a private space to vote for
public purposes?
• How do we protect the public’s role – poll volunteers,
inspection?
• If voter turnout is an important goal, why not make
elections compulsory or offer economic incentives?
• Is Internet voting only one part of Internet reforms in
politics?
• At what point do the benefits of Internet voting outweigh
the risks?
• If we encourage young voters now with Internet voting
will they remain voters?
26. ―…the use of new communications technology for old or
new purposes…[and] all other possibilities for the exchange
of social meaning, are always introduced into a pattern of
tension created by the coexistence of old and new…‖
--Professor Carolyn Marvin
When Old Technologies Were New