News highlights from the Verified Voting team

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Dear Friend,

The reports from the field are in from Election Day 2019 - and, as expected, many voters came away from their voting experiences with questions and concerns, whether they were still voting on an electronic device with no paper record or even experiencing their first time voting with a paper ballot. And with many jurisdictions still implementing new voting systems before next year's elections, we have a lot of work ahead of us.

Help us ([link removed]) ensure election officials have the tools and resources they need (see one of our latest publications ([link removed]) here) to implement best practices ([link removed]) before the 2020 election: paper ballots (marked with a pen or using a computerized assistive device), an opportunity for voters to verify their ballots, a strong chain of custody of the ballots, rigorous post-election audits ([link removed]) , and the funding ([link removed]) to make it all happen.
(If you voted on November 5, what was your experience at the polls? Let us know by clicking here to fill out this short survey!) ([link removed])
Your support also helps keep our message front and center in the news for policymakers and members of the public alike. Here are a few highlights of the many news clips we think you’ll be interested in:
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HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver produced a segment on voting machines ([link removed]) and Verified Voting consulted with the Emmy award-winning show on the content and provided our data from The Verifier ([link removed])

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Verified Voting Board member Kevin Shelley and Board of Advisors member Wayne Williams coauthored an op-ed in Politico, “Election security isn't that hard” ([link removed])

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Governor Tom Wolf (PA) signed a landmark election reform bill just in time for the 2020 election. Read more in The Hill: “New Pennsylvania law gives counties $90M for election security efforts” ([link removed])
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Verified Voting’s Senior Science and Technology Policy Officer Mark Lindeman warns that internet voting is not reliable in TIME: “Smartphone Voting Could Expand Accessibility, But Election Experts Raise Security Concerns” ([link removed])

The Boston Globe published a special piece on election security, “Defending the vote from threats old and new ([link removed]) ”, featuring Verified Voting President Marian K. Schneider
It is clear that, now more than ever, we all need to be champions for election security. Help us keep strengthening our democracy for the 2020 election and future cycles with a gift today ([link removed]) .
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Let's keep working together to #Validate2020 ([link removed]) .

Sincerely,

The Verified Voting Team
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