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Ahead Of 2020, Microsoft Unveils Tool To Allow Voters To Track Their Ballots

The tech giant unveiled a software toolkit Monday that would allow voters to confirm that their votes were cast and counted, and provide transparency for tabulation.

From checking in at a polling place on a tablet, to registering to vote by smartphone, to using an electronic voting machine to cast a ballot, computers have become an increasingly common part of voting in America.

But the underlying technology behind some of those processes is often a black box. , not state or local governments develop and maintain most

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