Elections & Operations
How elections actually run, real vs. imagined vulnerabilities, and separating operational facts from partisan narratives.
What I mean by this tag
This topic covers the actual mechanics of running elections: voter registration systems, ballot chain of custody, vote counting procedures, audits, and certification. The boring, procedural stuff that determines whether elections are secure and accurate.
I'm not interested in partisan narratives about who won or lost. I'm interested in what the systems actually do, where the real vulnerabilities are, and how to distinguish genuine concerns from manufactured ones.
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Sources I trust on this topic.
- Verified Voting — Nonpartisan resource on voting technology and election security.
- EAC (Election Assistance Commission) — Federal agency that certifies voting systems and publishes testing standards.
- Brennan Center for Justice — Voting rights research (note their advocacy position when reading).
- MIT Election Data + Science Lab — Academic research on election administration.