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Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.   Excerpted from “Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy,” by Bradley Tusk. Used with permission of the publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. In 2023,