The Election Tech Voters Don’t See Is What Keeps Philly Polls Moving
May 19, 2026
Machine inspectors, e-pollbooks and scanners form a quiet civic stack built around troubleshooting, training and access.
Machine inspectors, e-pollbooks and scanners form a quiet civic stack built around troubleshooting, training and access.
The AP will provide vote results and declare winners in contested primaries for U.S. House, lieutenant governor, state Senate and state House, as well as a special election in state House District 196.
“I believe if we just give the AI revolution to tech billionaires we’re going to have political unrest in this country,” the vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus told Editor Cyril Mychalejko.
A vote for Lucia is a vote for the Democratic Party we actually need: a party that fights instead of folds, that listens instead of lectures, that is beholden to the people it represents instead of big donors, and that delivers instead of makes excuses.
At an online town hall meeting, speakers said there’s too little transparency and too much state government support for the industry.
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