Roots of Distrust: Modern Technology and the Impact of a 19th Century Voter Suppression Plan
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DeMillo, Richard
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Abstract
Much effort is devoted these days to understanding the root cause of distrust in election systems. Little effort is devoted to understanding the relationship between election technology and the historically significant distrust in populations whose rights have been denied. In this talk, I will first draw connections between the modern language used to justify the computerization of elections and the language of the Post-Reconstruction revision of the constitution of the state of Mississippi. I will use this analogy to bolster the argument that in modern times building "trust" in elections is counter-productive and that energy is better spent on developing confidence-building evidence-based methods for reaching agreement on election outcomes.
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2025-01-16
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57:10 minutes
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