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Just a reminder, if you have questions as we chat, feel free to drop them into the chat below. Voting is on everyones mind at the moment, and with coronavirus, more voters than ever are trying mailin ballots or voting early. Alternatives to our usual voting methods, a lot of people are asking will voting become digital, as well . Thent to kick off conversation by asking, why would we even want online voting . My bias is coming from seattle where we have a robust mailin ballot system, and the process is already quite easy. Im curious what the conversation would look like around, why do we need this kind of technology . I think the appeal is in normas. Is enormous. In theory, it has largely been attempted in this country for military deployed service members. It could be used for people with disabilities who dont have a lot of ease getting to the polls. If we somehow had a robust online Voting System, it would drastically increase voter participation. The bigger question is how we would