The primary means of voting in the USA for many years was through paper ballots. In the late 1800s, this changed as automation was encouraged to count votes. In 2000, the US used voting machines during the electoral process through computer-assisted technology but encountered a voting dilemma the same year. Afterward, purely electronic devices were used, but the damage was done, and a general lack of faith in the technology caused a mistrust of these machines and their accuracy. Today, due to the issues of ballot design, voting errors, and counting and recounting errors, more sophisticated technology is now being considered over the current ones. 
In this episode of The Future Of… Jeff is joined by Gregory Miller, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at OSET Institute, & Marcelino Alvarez, Chief Product Officer at Fresh Consulting & Jocelyn Bucaro, Director, Mobile Voting Project, Tusk Philanthropie.
They cover:

• The voting process today
• The (centralization of a highly decentralized) election management system 
• Key players for the current voting system
• The challenges faced during the voting process
• Policy innovations to encourage voting
• Civic tech and gov tech
• The security risks present in the current voting system 
• The future of voting in the 21st Century
• Why Blockchain and distributed ledger voting is impractical in the USA right now
• The trust of the paper ballot over blockchain voting
• Smartphone biometrics authorization and voting
• The UX of ballot papers in the voting process
• Laws and policies guiding voting
• Bipartisan organizations involved in the advancement of democracy
• The prospect of active participation in the voting process by the future generation

If you’re interested in the UI/UX of the electoral process, the UX of ballot design, laws and policies governing the voting process, or, generally, the technology behind the voting process and its future, tune into this episode of The Future of… a Podcast by Fresh.

Full transcript: https://www.freshconsulting.com/insights/podcasts/the-future-of-voting/
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And connect with Gregory and Marcelino here:
Gregory:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmiller  
• Website: https://osetinstitute.org  

Marcelino:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelino 
• Website: https://www.freshconsulting.com  

Jocelyn:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jocelyn-bucaro-59a15521 
• Website: https://tuskphilanthropies.com 

About the Show

“The Future Of”, is a podcast by Fresh Consulting & hosted by Jeff Dance, where we discuss and learn about the future of different industries, markets, and technology verticals.  Together we’ll chat with leaders and experts in the field and discuss how we can shape the future human experience.



Previous guests include: Gurdeep Pall of Microsoft, Carolyn Belle of Astroscale, Kane Simms of VUX World, Rogger Kibbe of Samsung Research America, Rob Tiffany of Sustainable Logix, Katrina Stevens of Tech Interactive, 
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