Feature Podcast: Voting in 2020 will likely be by mail

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Today’s guest is Jennifer Morrell. She’s a partner with Elections Group and is a recognised expert on election audits.

We were originally scheduled to record this interview just a few short weeks ago, but the COVID-19 crisis really hit and we had to postpone. And it’s a good thing we did, too, because the issues facing elections today are substantially different to the issues facing elections even a few weeks ago. The whole world has just shifted.

So, instead of having the usual conversation about risk limiting audits, voting machine and tally/counting infrastructure security, we had this conversation instead. How on earth do you run an election during a pandemic? There’s a tl;dr here – e-voting is still a pipe dream but internet supported vote-by-mail is where things will land.

I hope you enjoy this podcast.

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