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By-Mail Voting 101: A “How-To” Explainer

Eddie Perez — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 23:10:03 +0000

Thinking about voting by-mail? You may be wondering: How do I get a by-mail ballot? How can I make sure to complete it correctly? Should I return it through the US Postal Service (USPS), or through an official elections drop box? What do I need to know about signatures and validation, so that my ballot gets counted? And how is this kept secure, anyway? It’s all here, in this article. Let’s begin...

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Explainer: The Facts About By-Mail Ballot Security

Eddie Perez — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 19:45:48 +0000

In this article, we dig more deeply into the details of by-mail voting operations, as well as the technical features associated with creating and printing ballots. Through a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), we show that “fake” by-mail ballots can't be simply "dropped into" an election, or into drop-boxes, willy-nilly, as some inflammatory assertions would have you believe...

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Explainer: The Facts About Reporting By-Mail Ballots — And Why it Takes Time

Eddie Perez — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 18:30:44 +0000

As part of the chaos that’s likely to come, especially during the post-election counting period, we anticipate that false narratives about the time required to report results – and especially from by-mail ballots – are likely to be one of the key themes. In this short article, we dig more deeply into the details of by-mail counting operations, which might take days...

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Election Official Exodus is Not an Extinction Event

Genya Coulter — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 01:43:29 +0000

Choosing to go into election administration is a noble, albeit thankless, career pursuit. This line of work has many responsibilities, without a steady supply of funding, personnel, or training in how to navigate the last couple of years of attacks, threats, and wasteful legal action, which have forced election officials to be on the defensive, and increasingly racing for the doors and calling quits....

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VotifyNow, Ask Questions Later? 🤔

Genya Coulter — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:35:21 +0000

It's just like us to be giddy about any new App to advance ease, convenience, and improved transparency of elections and their administration. So, when we heard about VotifyNow, I was thrilled to be tasked with writing a review. Well, maybe...

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Gateway Pundit’s Much Ado About Nothing

Genya Coulter — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 22:26:48 +0000

We recently received media inquiries for our comments about an article reporting on alleged security issues with parts of an election administration system in Hawaii. For a host of reasons, we were moved to publish our feedback we provided (and in more detail) on the article published by The Gateway Pundit, notwithstanding the history of this source...

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Manufactured Chaos is on a Collision Course with the 2022 Midterms

Eddie Perez — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 07:30:00 +0000

In recent weeks (and as recently as yesterday), I've written about various midterm election tactics that I've called “Manufactured Chaos.” Lately, I've been thinking more specifically about what the *post-election counting period* is likely to look like, and I'm very troubled...

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Democracy is @Stake

Eddie Perez — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 19:02:34 +0000

The stakes in this election cycle have truly never been higher —not only in terms of the impact on the balance of power in Congress— but in terms of the integrity of the process and trust in the outcomes. I've departed Twitter to resume my work as an elections expert & analyst in my capacity as an OSET Institute Board member. So, let's get to it...

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Never Break The Chain

Genya Coulter — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 22:07:04 +0000

Maintaining the chain-of-custody for all assets in a public election is one of the most important aspects of election administration. Simply, it’s a legally binding paper trail. When there’s a break in the chain, the repercussions can damage the reputation of a local jurisdiction or an entire state for years (and these days, not to mention enable an election to be called into question). Problem: Its now happening with disturbing regularity.

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The Mesa County Report Mess—Cleaned Up

John Sebes — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 19:48:00 +0000

I really don't like starting a post with "I'm sorry to hear that...," but I truly regret what seems like a large number of people experiencing real—but misplaced—concern about the non-bombshell of non-evidence of non-hacking of election computers in Mesa County, Colorado.

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