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Ajeet Singh is a Physician Instructor and Clinical Informaticist at Rush University Medical Center.
Sarah Hubbard, former Technology & Public Purpose Fellow at the Belfer Center under Secretary Ash Carter, is the Associate Director for Technology & Democracy at the Ash Center’s Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation.
Allison Stanger is a Senior Fellow at the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation and Co-Director and Co-Investigator of the GETTING-Plurality Research Network.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) alone and do not necessarily represent the positions of the Ash Center or its affiliates.
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