Verified Voting: Strengthening Democracy

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Annual Report 2024

Our goal, since our founding over 20 years ago, has been clear: help ensure that the public can have justified confidence in elections. A healthy democracy depends on results that truly reflect the will of the people. With the 2026 midterms underway, our mission is more urgent than ever. Our work is only expanding. We are fighting to strengthen post-election audit laws,  advocating for more resilient election systems, and battling a wave of dangerous mobile/internet voting proposals that would put the security of our votes at serious risk. With so much in the balance this year, the stakes could not be higher.

Recounts and Audits in Seven 2024 Swing States

Audits and recounts are two different post-election processes, but both are designed to build confidence in our elections—they help demonstrate that the winner won and the loser lost. Audit and recount laws vary by state and the table below summarizes important information about recount and audit laws in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Risk-Limiting Audit (RLA) Messaging Guide for Election Officials

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Consensus Studies Examining Internet Voting

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Annual Report 2023

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Bridging the Knowledge Gap

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Casting Votes Safely: Examining Internet Voting’s Dangers and Highlighting Safer Alternatives

Democracy depends on citizens’ trust in our elections, the ability to cast a ballot without obstacles, and having
verifiable proof that the winner won and the loser lost. If expanded, internet voting would undermine the fundamental
principles of our democracy: private and trustworthy elections that give voters justified confidence that their
votes were counted as cast. We address internet voting’s dangers and discuss better options that enable voter
enfranchisement while still protecting the security of our elections.