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Are there any silicon valley / Y-Combinator companies focusing on election/voting infrastructure, services and hardware? State of Florida was given millions of
by systemvoltage 6y ago
Are there any silicon valley / Y-Combinator companies focusing on election/voting infrastructure, services and hardware?
State of Florida was given millions of dollars after 2000 Bush vs. Gore fiasco in revamping its voting infrastructure, I can't find the source of the exact amount.
Besides the legal challenges in voting process, there seems to be a ton of low-hanging fruit in this industry from Technology standpoint. From automatic ballot opening machines to high volume processing of ballots, forgery detection, traceability, etc. I don't think electronic voting is a good idea, but I am curious what has been done in the "analog" voting process to improve its speed/efficiency, etc.
Edit: Found the source of funding, Congress has approve $380 million for improving voting infrastructure in 2018: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/federal-funds-election-security-will-they-cover-costs-voter-marked-paper https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/fede...