Wired·4 min read·medium
Election Officials Are Preparing for Prediction Markets to Sow Chaos in the Midterms
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David Gilbert, Kate Knibbs
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Election officials are implementing new oaths for workers to prevent conflicts of interest related to prediction markets. Officials fear these markets could incentivize the manipulation of election results and fuel public distrust in democratic processes.
As a result, Allen and the board of elections in Delaware County amended the oaths signed by people involved in elections to include “an affirmation that the workers have no direct or indirect interests in any bets, wagers, or prediction markets.”
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