r/protectUSelections • u/StatisticalPikachu • 15h ago
r/protectUSelections • u/siwibot • Jul 29 '26
Election Cybersecurity The System Designed to Stop Voter Fraud, Explained | CNN
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July 28, 2026 - Video Summary
This video, featuring CNN's Marshall Cohen, provides a detailed look at the robust integrity checks and safeguards that make voter fraud in the United States extremely rare. The report explores the entire lifecycle of a ballot to explain how the system effectively prevents and catches fraudulent activity.
Key takeaways from the election process:
- Registration & Voter Rolls: The process begins with strict registration requirements, including oaths and verification against databases like state death records and the DMV (1:00-1:53). States also use the ERIC database to identify potential double voters.
- In-Person Voting Safeguards: Voters verify their identity with photo IDs and sign legal oaths. Poll workers use electronic poll books that update in real-time, preventing voters from casting multiple ballots (1:55-2:42). Voting machines are stand-alone, air-gapped devices not connected to the internet (2:43-3:51).
- Provisional Ballots: If there is a question about a voter's eligibility or registration, they can cast a provisional ballot, which is then investigated and validated by officials before being counted (3:52-4:57).
- Mail-In Ballots: Contrary to common misconceptions, mail-in ballots go through a methodical, transparent process involving unique barcodes and signature verification (5:00-6:47).
- Post-Election Audits: After polls close, results are physically transported, digitally secured, and verified. A crucial part of the process is the post-election hand-count audit, where officials randomly check machines to ensure their counts match the paper records (8:10-8:50).
Addressing Fraud:
When anomalies arise, such as a suspected double vote, the system is designed to stop the ballot from being counted automatically (9:05-10:46). Officials then conduct investigations, often involving DMV checks or public hearings by a board of canvassers, to determine the ballot's validity.
Ultimately, the video concludes that while human error is possible, the system's many layers of redundancy, transparency, and public oversight make large-scale fraud virtually impossible. The primary challenge is not the system's security, but rather public perception and the misinformation that can lead voters to lose trust in the process (11:00-12:03).
r/protectUSelections • u/subscriber-goal • 22d ago
Nov 3rd is Coming... Are You Ready? 🗳️✅
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r/protectUSelections • u/StatisticalPikachu • 15h ago
Get Out The Vote! 🗳️✅🪧 North Carolina A&T students marched 1 hour each way to cast their vote early after elections board shutdown campus polling site 💪🏽
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r/protectUSelections • u/WhoIsJolyonWest • 40m ago
Trump's MAGA allies openly discuss martial law
axios.comMAGA activists are pushing for President Trump to resort to extraordinary measures — including martial law — if they believe the midterm elections are "rigged."
r/protectUSelections • u/biospheric • 15h ago
Protestors gathered outside the Lincoln Memorial chanting "STOP TRUMP" during today's No Kings rally. Their message: VOTE! 🗳️
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Here it is on YouTube: "STOP TRUMP" - The Contrarian - Oct 17, 2026 (YouTube)
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🇺🇸 U.S. Voters 👉🏽 Election Day is November 3 🗳️
* Voter info (by State): Register To Vote :~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) website. When you select a State from their dropdown menu, it immediately goes to a .gov page on that state’s SoS (Sec. of State) website.
You can also use sites like: vote411.org which is run by the League of Women Voters.
* Candidates (by State): ballotpedia.org/List_of_congressional_candidates_in_the_2026_elections ~:~ It shows all Candidates (including those who lost their Primary). To view only the Candidates in the November election, select your state from the list (top of page).
r/protectUSelections • u/StatisticalPikachu • 18h ago
Foreign Election Meddling Trump destroying our country
galleryr/protectUSelections • u/Impressive10000 • 16h ago
Trump Threatens California Officials With Imprisonment Over Stance On Mail Ballots
r/protectUSelections • u/R3ZondoOfficial • 19h ago
Texas, Utah, Colorado: Thousands of Voters Are Receiving Incorrect Ballots or Waiting on Registration Fixes | MIDTERM WATCH — 17 DAYS LEFT
A person can do everything right before an election, register on time, update an address, follow every instruction, and still arrive at the polls to discover that the government’s records haven’t caught up with them. In Texas, thousands of registrations have been delayed by computer errors just as early voting is about to begin. In Utah, ballots are arriving without state and local contests, while Colorado election workers are trying to correct a mistake affecting more than a quarter million voters.
By Friday afternoon, election workers in Bexar County, Texas, were facing roughly 13,000 registrations awaiting processing, with Monday’s early voting approaching and another weekend disappearing into work that should have been completed weeks earlier.
The state had announced that an earlier backlog involving hundreds of thousands of records was finally cleared when another software problem surfaced. This time, an address checking error delayed thousands of updates submitted through Texas.gov, leaving county workers to determine which registrations were received before the deadline and whether voters’ information would be correct when polls opened.
I’ve followed Texas’s voter registration system through my Dominion investigation. The state spent approximately $17 million rebuilding TEAM through a contract with Civix that could eventually reach $36 million. County officials have reported missing records, incorrect precinct assignments, and difficulties managing information through a system they depend on but do not control.
Farther west, 4,307 Utah voters received ballots containing only federal races because their citizenship documentation had not been confirmed under a new state law. The same state previously examined more than two million voter registrations and confirmed just 27 noncitizens. Now thousands of registered voters must provide additional documentation to receive ballots containing state and local contests.
In Colorado, the problem began with district boundaries that changed on paper but were never properly shared with election officials. Arapahoe County discovered that approximately 262,000 voters had received ballots containing a regional rail tax measure outside their district, while hundreds who should have received the question found it missing. Officials are working to correct the records and handle affected votes.
By Monday, these problems will have moved from government offices into the ordinary lives of people arriving at early voting locations or examining ballots delivered to their homes, many with no reason to suspect anything is wrong.
Somewhere between the registration form, the computer system, and the ballot itself, the information stopped matching the person it was supposed to represent.
How many people will discover that mistake only when they try to vote?
Peace, Love, Vote
Sources:
Texas Tribune:
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/16/texas-voter-registration-records-new-backlog/
Utah News Dispatch:
https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/10/15/utah-voters-need-to-prove-citizenship-under-new-law-fewer-than-2000-responded/
Arapahoe County:
https://files.arapahoeco.gov/news_detail_votes_T90_R1698.php
Editorial note: Texas’s older backlog was reported cleared; newer records were delayed separately. Utah’s limited ballots reflect outstanding documentation, and Colorado has announced ballot correction procedures.
r/protectUSelections • u/Turbulent_Crab_3602 • 21h ago
No Kings turns its focus to voting this weekend. Here's what we know
r/protectUSelections • u/gashtal_man • 1d ago
Get Out The Vote! 🗳️✅🪧 Ohio's Numbers Send a Stark Warning
r/protectUSelections • u/StatisticalPikachu • 1d ago
Blatant Corruption Rapist & Felon Trump claims he is going to pardon everyone, including himself: "I am allowed to do a self-pardon; I don't want to see people that work for me go through years of nonsense"
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r/protectUSelections • u/StatisticalPikachu • 1d ago
Get Out The Vote! 🗳️✅🪧 AOC is transferring $1 million to help Abdul El-Sayed in the final weeks of his campaign.
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r/protectUSelections • u/StatisticalPikachu • 1d ago
Apparently hell has frozen over
galleryr/protectUSelections • u/siwibot • 1d ago
Texas Sued After Glitch Delays Almost 600,000 Voter Registrations | The Guardian
r/protectUSelections • u/StatisticalPikachu • 1d ago
Get Out The Vote! 🗳️✅🪧 Barack Obama Says Georgia Voters Can Continue Legacy of Civil Rights Movement by Backing Jon Ossoff for Senate
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r/protectUSelections • u/Curds301 • 1d ago
Found these walking a neighborhood trail today
It's pretty windy so I hope that's the cause...
r/protectUSelections • u/siwibot • 1d ago
Trump Sues California to Prevent Counting 20,000 Voters' Ballots | Axios
axios.comr/protectUSelections • u/siwibot • 1d ago
How Musk's DOGE Gave Him Unprecedented Access to Files on Every American Which Could Be Used to Cheat Elections
r/protectUSelections • u/Turbulent_Crab_3602 • 2d ago