Formation | 2018 |
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Type | Nonprofit |
Headquarters | N/A (Virtual) |
Executive Director | Ben Adida |
Website | https://voting.works |
VotingWorks is a nonprofit organization that creates and sells open-source voting systems in the U.S. They currently have three products: one for casting and counting ballots, [1] another, named Arlo, for risk-limiting audits (RLAs), [2] and a third for accessible at-home voting.
VotingWorks is a 501(c)3 founded in 2018. At the time, the next youngest election systems provider in the United States was 13 years older, with the second youngest being 40 years older. [3] Ben Adida, who helped found the organization, holds a PhD from MIT in cryptography with a focus on elections and had previously worked as the Director of Engineering at Mozilla and Square. [3] VotingWorks had a staff of 15 as of 2021. [3]
In 2019, VotingWorks piloted its election systems for vote counting in the primary and general elections in Choctaw County, Mississippi, thanks in part to a favorable regulatory environment. [4] Since then, other counties in Mississippi have signed-on and the state of New Hampshire has conducted a pilot, [1] with other counties such as San Francisco looking to work with VotingWorks. [5] New Hampshire's audit of its pilot found the software to be accurate, but the state has requested some hardware improvements. [6] [7]
Risk-limiting audits have also been performed using VotingWorks' other product, Arlo, in a few states including in Georgia. [2]
Vote Casting+Counting | Risk-Limiting Audit | Accessible Vote-by-mail | |
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Illinois | ᚷ [8] | ||
Kentucky | ᚷ [8] | ||
Massachusetts | ᚷ [9] [8] | ||
Mississippi | ᚷ* [10] [4] | ||
New Hampshire | ᚷ* [1] | ᚷ [9] [8] | |
Georgia | ᚷ [11] [10] [2] | ||
Michigan | ᚷ [10] | ||
Pennsylvania | ᚷ [10] | ||
Rhode Island | ᚷ [10] | ||
Virginia | ᚷ [10] | ||
California | ᚷ* [10] | ||
Nevada | ᚷ* [10] | ||
New Jersey | ᚷ* [10] | ᚷ [8] | |
North Carolina | ᚷ* [10] | ||
Washington | ᚷ* [10] |
*select local jurisdictions (vs. statewide use)