It’s true that sophisticated hackers may be able to tilt the presidential election. But the more likely threat to democracy comes from sore losers who sow doubt about voting integrity.
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Senior Research Scholar at the Center for International Security and Conflict, Stanford University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Finance, Stanford University
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Doctoral Candidate, Stanford University
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Research Scholar, Indo-Pacific Security, Stanford University
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Deputy Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University
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Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
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Clinical Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University
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Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
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Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
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Research Affiliate, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
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Science Communicator, Stanford University
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Former Stanford Impact Labs Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
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Emeritus Professor of Education, Stanford University
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Associate Scientist, SLAC Computational Beamline, Stanford University
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Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Physics Department, Stanford University