NPR:

A district encompassing Greater Seattle is set to become the first in which every voter can cast a ballot using a smartphone — a historic moment for American democracy.

And:

The new technology will be used for a board of supervisors election, and ballots will be accepted from Wednesday through election day on Feb. 11.

This is an important experiment, touches on two hot-button issues that have received a lot of press in the last few days, privacy and security. Without a smart-phone OS that guarantees both, this form of voting is doomed from the start.