Securing Digital Democracy

In this course, you'll learn what every citizen should know about the security risks--and future potential — of electronic voting and Internet voting. We'll take a look at the past, present, and future of election technologies and explore the various spaces intersected by voting, including computer security, human factors, public policy, and more.

• Voting as a Security Problem
• Approaching voting problems with the security mindset
• Computers at the Polls
• Voting enters the computing age
• Security Procedures and Voting Around the World
• Methods for ensuring the security of democracy
• Human Factors and Internet Voting
• Users don't always behave as expected, even when voting
• New Technology and Policy
• Lessons learned