Spenser Mestel

Spenser Mestel is a poll worker and an independent journalist based in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Intercept, The Guardian, VICE, and others.

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An Uber Millionaire Wants You to Vote on the Internet — Despite the Inherent Vulnerabilities

Spenser Mestel

- Nov. 4, 2022

Bradley Tusk’s Mobile Voting has already conducted 21 online voting pilots in seven states, but the technology for doing it securely doesn’t exist.

Voters arrive for early voting at the Gwinnett County (Ga.) Voter Registrations and Elections Office in Lawrenceville, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Here, they are checked for ID and other paperwork before voting. Photo by Kevin D. Liles for The Intercept

It’s Already Hard to Vote in Georgia — and Even Harder If You Speak Only Spanish

Spenser Mestel

- Nov. 4, 2018

Voters confront misinformation, obstructionism, and hostility as they head to the polls in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

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An Uber Millionaire Wants You to Vote on the Internet — Despite the Inherent Vulnerabilities

It’s Already Hard to Vote in Georgia — and Even Harder If You Speak Only Spanish