Rigged Elections?

With an eventful US Presidential Election about to take place, I had a timely chat with legendary cryptographer Ron Rivest.

These two videos were the result:

CHECKING ELECTIONS USING SAMPLES AND POLYA'S URN

VERIFYING THAT EVERYONE'S VOTE WAS COUNTED USING ENCRYPTED RECEIPTS

If you've not seen it, this Tom Scott guest appearance on Computerphile is also well worth a look.