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EPISODE · Jul 10, 2025 · 59 MIN

287-Securing Democracy Through Technology with Christopher Baum

from Politically High-Tech · host Elias Marty

Send us Fan Mail Christopher Baum shares his expertise on voting technology and election integrity systems designed to ensure fair and accurate vote counting for all citizens. • Vote Right is developing mobile and precinct voting systems currently pursuing federal certification • Mobile voting technology will enable secure, verifiable voting from phones with multiple security layers • Precinct systems will operate offline with triple redundancy for each ballot and support up to 22 languages • Hand-counting ballots is prohibitively expensive, costing an estimated $659,000 for Shasta County's 53,000 primary ballots • Human counting is inherently flawed and susceptible to both unintentional errors and potential manipulation • Low primary turnout (typically 7-8% of eligible voters) gives disproportionate power to partisan extremes • Winners of elections have little incentive to reform systems that elected them, while losers lack the power • Media fragmentation contributes to information bubbles and decreased trust in election processes • Early voting and accessible systems help increase participation and make elections more inclusive • Technology that supports voters with disabilities ensures everyone's voice can be heard in elections Visit www.votrite.com for more information about election technology and voter resources. Voter resources https://voterite.com/voter-resources/ Support the show Follow your host at YouTube and Rumble for video content https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUxk1oJBVw-IAZTqChH70ag https://rumble.com/c/c-4236474 Facebook to receive updates https://www.facebook.com/EliasEllusion/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliasmarty/ Some free goodies Free website to help you and me https://thefreewebsiteguys.com/?js=15632463 New Paper https://thenewpaper.co/refer?r=srom1o9c4gl PodMatch https://podmatch.com/?ref=1626371560148x762843240939879000

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Send us Fan Mail Christopher Baum shares his expertise on voting technology and election integrity systems designed to ensure fair and accurate vote counting for all citizens. • Vote Right is developing mobile and precinct voting systems currently pursuing federal certification • Mobile voting technology will enable secure, verifiable voting from phones with multiple security layers • Precinct systems will operate offline with triple redundancy for each ballot and support up to 22 languages...

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