VotingWorks

VotingWorks is a nonprofit organization that creates and sells open-source voting systems in the U.S. They currently have three products: one for casting and counting ballots,[1] another, named Arlo, for risk-limiting audits (RLAs),[2] and a third for accessible at-home voting.

VotingWorks
Formation2018
TypeNonprofit
HeadquartersN/A (Virtual)
Executive Director
Ben Adida
Websitehttps://voting.works

Organization

VotingWorks is a 501(c)3 founded in 2018. At the time, the next youngest election systems provider in the United States was 13 years older, with the second youngest being 40 years older.[3] Ben Adida, who helped found the organization, holds a PhD from MIT in cryptography with a focus on elections and had previously worked as the Director of Engineering at Mozilla and Square.[3] VotingWorks had a staff of 15 as of 2021.[3]

Adoption

In 2019, VotingWorks piloted its election systems for vote counting in the primary and general elections in Choctaw County, Mississippi, thanks in part to a favorable regulatory environment.[4] Since then, other counties in Mississippi have signed-on and the state of New Hampshire has conducted a pilot,[1] with other counties such as San Francisco looking to work with VotingWorks.[5] New Hampshire's audit of its pilot found the software to be accurate, but the state has requested some hardware improvements.[6][7]

Risk-limiting audits have also been performed using VotingWorks' other product, Arlo, in a few states including in Georgia.[2]

VotingWorks systems in use
Vote Casting+Counting Risk-Limiting Audit Accessible Vote-by-mail
Illinois ᚷ[8]
Kentucky ᚷ[8]
Massachusetts ᚷ[9][8]
Mississippi ᚷ*[10][4]
New Hampshire ᚷ*[1] ᚷ[9][8]
Georgia ᚷ[11][10][2]
Michigan ᚷ[10]
Pennsylvania ᚷ[10]
Rhode Island ᚷ[10]
Virginia ᚷ[10]
California ᚷ*[10]
Nevada ᚷ*[10]
New Jersey ᚷ*[10] ᚷ[8]
North Carolina ᚷ*[10]
Washington ᚷ*[10]

*select local jurisdictions (vs. statewide use)

See also

Open-source voting systems

References
  1. "3 N.H. towns are testing out new ballot counting machines that use open source software". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  2. "The key to future election security starts with a roll of the dice". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  3. Wofford, Ben (June 25, 2021). "One Man's Quest to Break Open the Secretive World of American Voting Machines". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  4. Huseman, Jessica. "The Way America Votes Is Broken. In One Rural County, a Nonprofit Showed a Way Forward". ProPublica. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  5. Elder, Jeff (November 14, 2021). "How one company came to control San Francisco's elections". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  6. "State audit of open-source voting machine gives thumbs-up, mostly". Concord Monitor. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  7. Han, Jeongyoon (2023-01-16). "NH Ballot Law Commission moves forward with assessing new counting machines". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  8. "Voting Equipment Database – VotingWorks VX Accessible Vote-by-Mail". Verified Voting. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  9. Corpuz, Mina. "Technology, advocacy groups help make voting accessible for people with disabilities". New Bedford Standard-Times. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  10. "VotingWorks FAQ". www.voting.works. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  11. "Georgia Sec. of State chooses own race for election audit". 11Alive.com. November 10, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
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