 and communication at the University of North Carolina. At the MIT Elections and Technology Colloquium, panelists with different specializations spoke about the potential effects technology may have on the outcome of elections and on voter mindsets. The same message that might be coming to me through a sponsored tweet is being reinforced at my door, is being reinforced in my mailbox through direct mail, is being reinforced through a canvasser that's knocking on my doorstep, et cetera. And a big part of this is that in a technology-intensive era, attention is in really short supply. Another panelist spoke on the idea that it may be better to focus attention on improving recounting procedures rather than trying to improve the technology people use to vote. We want to talk about electronic voting machines. We want to talk about gerrymandering. But something as mundane as recount procedures turn out to be really significant and impactful. Panelist Alex Ray Sarokin believes that despite its drawbacks, technology has the ability to give people a greater say in their government. I come from a very politically contested country. And so I think, for me, an important thing for technologies to do is give voice to people who don't usually get a say in what is happening in the public sphere. If technologies can help us do that, I'm all for them. So we're outside the MIT Elections and Technology Colloquium, where multidisciplinary experts spoke, hoping to better inform voters on technology's impact on the upcoming midterm elections coming this Tuesday. This is Samantha Kim for BUTV.