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flag Study finds releasing individual ballots in elections exposes less than 0.2% of voters' choices.

flag A new study in Science Advances examines the privacy risks of releasing individual ballots in elections. flag Analyzing the 2020 Maricopa County, Arizona, election, researchers found that releasing individual ballots would expose less than a fifth of a percent of voters’ choices, while the current method of reporting aggregate results by precinct protects 99.95% of voters' identities. flag The study highlights a small risk in revealing vote choices but suggests that more aggressive data releases do not significantly increase exposure.

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