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Bradley Tusk, a New York City political consultant known for his work with companies like Uber, is spearheading a multimillion-dollar initiative to introduce mobile voting through his Mobile Voting Foundation. Tusk’s project, VoteSecure, is a cryptography-based protocol designed to enable secure voting on mobile devices. Despite the potential challenges in gaining legislative and public acceptance, Tusk is committed to funding and piloting this technology in small local elections, with hopes of eventually expanding its use. Security experts, however, remain skeptical about the feasibility and safety of mobile voting systems.