Washington Post: “Want to make sure your vote counts in these high-stakes midterm elections? Track your ballot online like a UPS delivery. The technology to do that is now available to more than a quarter of all Americans, in part because of investments made for mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic….For once, there’s a new use for technology that might build confidence in our democracy, rather than tear it down. There are a few important things to know:
- Ballot-tracking tech lets you see that your ballot is on its way to you and whether it has safely arrived once you’ve mailed it in.
- You’ll still need to mail or drop off your ballot — you can’t use it to vote online.
- Who you vote for remains totally private. Using this tech doesn’t give the government a new way to track you.
- In most places, you’ll need to take action to get ballot tracking, either by logging into a website or signing up for alerts. This is probably separate from registering to vote or requesting an absentee ballot…”
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