If you write about, administer, or care about elections, this dialogue between @milesobrien3.bsky.social and Prof. Alex Halderman is a MUST listen for a fact-based look at the credibility of the November election. And more importantly, the dire need for election security improvements.

Direct democracy is a great idea, but the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a terrible idea. It will undermine what election integrity the US has; it’s easily undermined; and it will not provide direct democracy. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

If the votes that are counted pass through the internet, it’s internet voting. Internet voting is not trustworthy. arxiv.org/abs/2411.11796

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