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Briefing
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- New Electoral Counting Machines – Travis County in Texas plans to adopt new electoral machine system called STAR-Vote for 2019 local elections to avoid electoral fraud, eliminating need for recounts
- Encrypted Votes – Enables encryption of each vote and public total tally, with only election officials able to decrypt final results
- Built-in Auditing – Voters can verify their votes at individual level through system's self-auditing capability
- Costs Less – Could cost Travis County between $8 million to $12 million, which is less than current system
- Potential Nationwide Application – May be adopted for 2020 U.S. national elections if successful
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Accelerator
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Market Disruption
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Sector
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Government (excluding military)
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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January 31, 2017
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