Ben Adida

Building a voting system everyone can trust @voting_works.

Past: Prod/Eng/Sec @Clever, @Square, @Mozilla, ..., Harvard, MIT.

Mastodon: @[email protected]

[Ben Adida @benadida]

I was interviewed a few weeks ago by @RonGula on election security. Ron asks great questions.

https://t.co/erJJ34jYa2

[Ben Adida @benadida]

We're proud @voting_works to be helping Georgia conduct rigorous post-election audits for five years now.

[Gabriel Sterling @GabrielSterling]

A Risk Limiting Audit (like Georgia has done for several years under @GaSecofState Raffensperger) confirms the outcome of the statewide PSC race, showing the accuracy of Georgia’s election system. The attachment has a summary & links to the reports and documents. As Secretary of State, I will fight every day to keep our system the best and safest in the USA. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/2MyEl6d4l7

[Ben Adida @benadida]

As much as it would be so convenient to vote on our phones, it's just not a safe thing to do.

That said, we also need more transparency in voting systems, in particular open-source software. So kudos to this team for open-sourcing their voting system.

https://t.co/QKHIEjwnrM

[VotingWorks @voting_works]

Yesterday, news broke that Dominion Voting Systems was sold to a new company, Liberty Vote. Dominion, the second-largest voting systems vendor in the US that currently tabulates 1 in 5 American votes, is no more.

https://t.co/L01k5vWAj7

[Ben Adida @benadida]

@samuelgoto @thunder very cool!

[Ben Adida @benadida]

A really fun conversation with @milaatmos and @futur_hindsight

[Future Hindsight @futur_hindsight]

I promise you: you WILL learn something in this episode.

We go deep with @benadida, the Executive Director of @voting_works, the only non-profit voting system vendor in the U.S (3/)

LISTEN NOW! https://t.co/5cWaGS7Bvp

[Future Hindsight @futur_hindsight]

TOMORROW: We’re joined by @benadida to discuss election integrity and voting machines, the amazing work of election workers, and the logistics of election audits. Some truly fascinating stuff!!!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎙🎙

[Ben Adida @benadida]

We're proud @voting_works to be helping the State of Pennsylvania run a statewide post-election audit.

This is the way.

[PA Department of State @PAStateDept]

The Department of State begins Pennsylvania’s statewide risk-limiting audit (RLA), for the Nov. 5, 2024, general election. https://t.co/r4mu3YrMer

[Ben Adida @benadida]

Georgia doing a statewide risk-limiting audit of the Presidential election, with maximum transparency, using @voting_works Arlo software which is open-source.

[Gabriel Sterling @GabrielSterling]

Yesterday, Georgia counties are counting a random sample of ballot batches by hand as part of a General Election Risk Limiting Audit (RLA). We want this audit to be as transparent as possible. (1/4)

[Ben Adida @benadida]

@DeanObeidallah There are rigorous statistical audits happening right now in all key states. That's what election administrators do as a matter of course. Happy to tell you more -- we @voting_works helped GA audit and confirm Biden's win in 2020, and are helping a number of states this year.

[Ben Adida @benadida]

PSA:

Not all the votes have been counted.

Most of the contests have been rightly called, because remaining ballots won't change the outcome.

But in some elections, when numbers are tighter, it takes longer to know the winner, because remaining ballots could make a difference.

[David Becker @beckerdavidj]

Election denial is anti-democratic, whether it comes from the left or the right. No, 20 million votes aren’t missing. Votes are still being counted in many states, incl millions in CA alone. Number of votes in 2024 very close to 2020, when all are reported

https://t.co/Ya8q2iUKVk

[Ben Adida @benadida]

I would post this no matter the winner of the election – hold off on your conspiracy theories. It's goofy to complain about elections only when you lose.

[Ben Adida @benadida]

@JessicaHuseman the coolest nerds evah.

[Ben Adida @benadida]

I'm in New Hampshire, where 10% of the state is using open-source ballot tabulators from @voting_works.

Extremely high turnout. Democracy in action. I'm always in awe of this.

[Ben Adida @benadida]

Stressing cause it's election day?

How about a podcast about how voting works?

https://t.co/kp5JAGTqlM

I've been sick with a nasty cold for a few days, so I'm behind on posting episode 4, but working on it!

[David Becker @beckerdavidj]

Today, hundreds of thousands of election workers and millions of volunteers will be working a very long day to ensure that every American citizen has a voice in who governs them. Join me in thanking them for their service. No election is perfect, but they do a great job ensuring our elections are secure, your vote will be safe and convenient, and your vote will matter. Even if it's close, we will know who accurately won, thanks to our election workers!

[Ben Adida @benadida]

Happy Election Day America!

Make sure you thank a poll worker today.

[Ben Adida @benadida]

I promise you, you have no idea how hard election administrators have been working, are working, and will be working for many more days. You have no idea, unless you've done it yourself.

[Ben Adida @benadida]

Sometimes, election officials make a narrow statement about how *their* state does elections well, less sure about others.

Here, @GabrielSterling makes the powerful and important statement that all states, not just his, do a good job. Thank you Gabe for the call to unity.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

“The reason we have ballots is to avoid bullets. And if you say, ‘Ballots don't matter anymore,’ there's only one logical direction to go,” says Gabriel Sterling, the Republican chief operating officer for the Georgia secretary of state. https://t.co/GCW8M7ZfuA