State election officials ramp up security: ‘Numbers will be accurate’

She has been an advocate of voting centers since authoring legislation as a state senator in 2010 to allow any county in IN to move to the voting center model. Edgewood College will open an absentee ballot spot this weekend. Applications must be made in writing and received in the town clerk’s office noon on Monday, Nov. 7. Then the clerk would count them, as long as they arrived by 4 p.m. on the Friday after the election. The office is located at 1930 University Parkway in Aiken. “People are going to walk in and they’re going to vote 10 times, maybe, who knows?”

Holland stressed that people sending ballots back on paper must make sure the paper is signed by a witness. Centers are located at accessible facilities with adequate parking and within a convenient driving distance for most voters in the county.

Voters in mail ballot precincts are also reminded to return their ballots no later than 8 p.m. on election day, November 8.

“The thing people always wonder about is absentee votes”, he said.

That means elections offices have to send out renewal forms to absentee voters asking if they want to stay on the list.

Absentee voting typically occurs when a voter marks his or her ballot on or before Election Day because of a planned physical absence during the regular voting period. “You can administer the election as a poll worker versus sitting on the sidelines”, she said. During the election season we receive a higher volume of letters than any other time of the year.

Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump’s recent allegations of a rigged election may increase business at precincts, she said. He called on supporters to turn out on Election Day and monitor polling places.

St. Louis Public Radio asked area election officials what keeps them up at night two weeks before a presidential contest. Following these mandatory tests, all the voting equipment and memory cards are locked and sealed with tamper-evident seals until the closing of the polls on Election Day.

“There is nothing more sacred than the right to vote – and that’s why we’re looking under the hood at the Board of Elections following reports of massive voter disenfranchisement and egregious mismanagement in recent elections”, he added.

We’re hoping to reassure voters that security is not a new concern for the Election Commission.

According to Sussex County Board of Elections Commissioner Marge McCabe, candidates or the political party appoint poll watchers, who essentially oversee the election process.

State law requires a signature on the outside of the envelope, but that signature must match the one the elections office has on file. The Illinois State Board of Election said in a statement that “allegations of a “rigged” election are completely unfounded”.

Many, like Logan, are taking advantage of the on-site absentee voting.