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

California to Counties: Preserve All Ballot Images

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 […]

Government Technology: Florida’s Election Hardware Troubles Are Nothing New

Error message on computer screen

Overheated machines in Palm Beach County may have thrown a proverbial wrench in this year’s midterm elections counts, forcing recounts etc., but there is a deeper history of hardware issues dating back to 2008. (TNS) — A voting system has to do two things: Count votes correctly and keep them secure. The Sequoia voting system in […]

Victory for Election Transparency in Ohio

Brian Cleary, Manager of Ballot Preparation and Tabulation for Cuyahoga County, showing election transparency advocate John Brakey the operation of the DS850 digital ballot scanner on March 29, 2018.

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 […]

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

John Brakey with Matt Dunlap

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 […]

Virginia’s Contested Ballot Should Have Been Ruled an Overvote

Disputed Virginia ballot

I’m convinced that this should have been ruled as an overvote as it was done on the 1st recount. Look at how the voter marked the ballot in the Governor’s race. Its clearly an overvote. This is unacceptable and needs to be challenged. Why were the ballot images not requested and reviewed? This race was […]

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