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AUDIT USA Americans United for Democracy, Integrity and Transparency in Elections

August 17, 2019

California To County Election Officials: You Must Preserve Digital Ballot Images from Voting Machines

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AUDIT USA Urges Other States to Join California, Arizona, Maryland, Maine, Virginia, and Ohio in Following Federal Law In a win for election security, the California Secretary of State’s office notified county election officials that the law requires preservation of the digital ballot images created by the voting systems used in about half of California’s […]

October 1, 2018

AUDIT USA Threatened with Lawsuit by E-Voting Company ES&S

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AUDIT USA has received a cease and desist letter from the largest voting system vendor in the US, Election Systems & Software (ES&S). Read all about it at Alternet in this excellent article by Steven Rosenfeld. UPDATE 10/2: Here’s the letter we received from ES&S, followed by our commentary about it: 18.10.02 ES&S Threat letter We […]

May 17, 2018

Victory for Election Transparency in Ohio

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After Lawsuit Threatened, SOS Instructs Counties to Preserve Digital Ballot Images Before Case Filed AUDIT USA’s work for election transparency and integrity is gaining momentum around the country. Our efforts in Ohio have led to a formal, mandatory Directive from Secretary of State Jon Husted to Ohio counties to preserve the digital ballot images produced […]

April 20, 2018

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted & Two Counties Sued to Prevent Destruction of Election Materials

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A case filed yesterday in the Ohio Supreme Court asks that Secretary of State Jon Husted be ordered to prevent destruction of key election records in the May 8 primary election. Fifteen counties in Ohio use digital scanners to count votes cast on hand-marked paper ballots. In two of these counties, Cuyahoga County (where Cleveland is) […]

March 13, 2018

Maine’s Secretary of State Understands that Digital Ballot Images are Public Records that Must Be Preserved

Ballot Images Maine

Yesterday was a rare hopeful day in the life of this election transparency activist. I had the pleasure of meeting with the Honorable Matt Dunlap, Secretary of State of Maine. While 240 communities in Maine hand count all races in every election, other jurisdictions use electronic voting machines that produce digital ballot images. Dunlap assured […]

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