Confidence
Every TrustVoting article filed under Confidence.
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'Trust us' vs. 'check for yourself': the only debate that matters in elections
On November 12, 2020, nine senior officials declared the election secure. The statement was true — and almost…
What international election observers actually watch for
International election monitors spend weeks inside a country's polling stations, tallying rooms, and…
From your precinct to the TV chyron: the fragile pipeline behind election-night numbers
Your vote travels through a dozen hands and three different systems before it becomes a number on TV — and at least one…
When the only working audit is a courtroom, the system already failed
Three countries held presidential elections. Three supreme courts had to throw them out. The question isn't why courts…
Announcing a winner is not the same as proving the count
The EU's observers watched an entire presidential election conclude in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and…
'The most secure election in history' — a claim worth examining, not just repeating
On November 12, 2020, the most authoritative election-security statement in American history was published — and its…
America spent billions to fix voting after 2000. Did it buy verifiability?
America spent $3 billion replacing punch-cards after the 2000 election chaos — but buying new hardware isn't the same…
Norway tried internet voting for years, then quietly walked away
Norway built a nationwide internet-voting system, ran it for two elections, watched the turnout stay flat — and then…
A supreme court threw out a presidential election because no one could check the numbers
Kenya's Supreme Court didn't just overturn an election — it ruled that a result no one can independently trace from…
Your precinct has the numbers on election night. So why do you wait three days?
Slow, opaque counts force you to wait and trust. The fix isn't a lecture about why the numbers move — it's every…