Microsoft ElectionGuard is an attempt to make voting in the United States more modern and equitable. And pilot trials will begin next year. Voting is broken. From the hanging chad debacle of 2000 to the 2018 midterms when decade-old touchscreen computers cast the wrong votes, to long lines outside polling places, our democratic right to elect our own officials is constantly at odds with unreliable equipment and balloting policies that vary from one district to the next.