Election Integrity

I've worked elections as an appointed and elected official in two states, for over 15 years.  Whether we use in-person or mailing, computer or paper, we rely on the people running the system to secure our constitutional rights.  And I see that they do.  Douglas County lets you see where your ballot goes, and how it is processed.  I know the process, and have seen duplicate ballots and mismatched signatures rejected.

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The greater concern for me is in the voter registrations and the changes that the Elections Offices cannot control.  I've seen duplicate registrations when my neighbors move away or decease -- because the Secretary of State only processes intakes automatically.  We need to require the Secretary of State to process the outgoing voters in the same way, on the same timetable.

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I've also seen the scramble when a jurisdictional boundary change isn't properly communicated to the Elections Office.  Should it be up to the candidate's committee to verify that a year-old boundary change was sent in?  I'm proud to have found an error in a 2025 local race, and I thank our great Clerk Davis for developing a solution before ballots were mailed to ensure that the people got the correct ballots.  This was a basic governmental function where oversight failed - what if a volunteer never double checked?  What about the elections in the prior year?   I want to see a statewide solution -- every local government that wants to coordinate an election must certify their boundaries and electorate well in advance of voting on the ballot measure.