Episode 9: Disinterested Voters & 500,000 Elected Officials

In the United States, there are over 500,000 elected officials. In the overwhelming majority of elections, less than half of eligible voters participate, resulting in one of the lowest levels of voter engagement of any Western democracy. In this episode, Andrews asks and tries to answer: What can be done to increase turnout for elections conducted every year in the U.S.? Can the security risks of implementing online voting be overcome? If online voting did become available in the United States, what might it look like? Which companies would be the winners? In the third and final episode of a series on the future of online voting, Andrew interviews some of the foremost experts and innovators in this space, including Professor Dan Wallach, James Simmons of Everyone Counts, John Koza of National Popular Vote, Adam Ernest of Follow My Vote, and Antonio Mugica of Smartmatic.