Journalistic Voting System's Effects on Election Security Threats and Gerrymandering

TL;DR

The paper introduces the Journalistic Voting System, a proxy voting model where journalists vote on behalf of voters, analyzing its potential benefits and risks in relation to election security threats and gerrymandering.

Contribution

It presents the Journalistic Voting System, compares it to the Valence Voting System, and discusses its implications for election security and gerrymandering.

Findings

Potential to improve election security against cybersecurity threats

Possible influence on gerrymandering practices

Advantages for voters, journalists, and politicians

Abstract

The Journalistic Voting System is a proxy voting system in which journalists are delegated the task of voting on behalf of individual voters in a western-style democracy. We introduce the Journalistic Voting System and discuss its potential advantages and potential problems. In particular, we discuss its advantages to individuals in the system (voters, journalists, and politicians) and we discuss its effects relative to several widely discussed threats to election security, namely: cybersecurity, social media, big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and gerrymandering. The Journalistic Voting System is modeled on a predecessor system, called the Valence Voting System, which is reviewed.