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We use our smartphones for just about everything - why not voting? - Consider This from NPR

We use our smartphones for just about everything - why not voting? - Consider This from NPR

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Entrepreneur, political strategist and philanthropist Bradley Tusk argues his new online voting tech could revolutionize participation in American elections. He is hellbent on making online voting a reality - even at a time when much of the election establishment thinks that is a very bad idea. NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Tusk about how Tusk's organization, the Mobile Voting Project, is pushing a major technology makeover for American democracy.


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We use our smartphones for just about everything - why not voting? - Consider This from NPR

We use our smartphones for just about everything - why not voting? - Consider This from NPR