DVJ: Our Trusted Neighbors Administer Our Elections
For Cody Bright, when it comes to safeguarding our elections and protecting your vote, one thing stands out: the friends, neighbors and co-workers who work the polls.
Our elections are safe, secure and accurate.
Meet the everyday Pennsylvanians who work to protect your vote and get a behind-the-scenes look at the systems of checks and balances in place to ensure fairness in our elections and accuracy in the results.
Pennsylvania’s elections work because of tried-and-tested systems that ensure votes are cast fairly and counted correctly. The dedicated friends, neighbors and co-workers who train to run our elections take their responsibilities seriously.
SecureVotePA works to educate voters on Pennsylvania’s election process and inform them about the many built-in processes that protect the integrity of the system and ensure accuracy in the results.
Questions about the status of your registration or where your polling place is located? Visit your local county election office for answers.
Our elections are made possible by thousands of regular citizens serving as poll workers. They’re people in our community — dedicated friends, neighbors and co-workers. You can be a poll worker, too.
Pennsylvania’s elections have many built-in processes for verification and review before, during and after a vote is cast, so each of us can trust that our votes are protected and that results are accurate.
Election officials and poll workers receive training to familiarize themselves with the elections process, rules and laws, and people from both parties are involved in protecting the process.
Election officials publicly inspect and confirm the accuracy of equipment used for casting, tallying and reporting votes. Check out the demo for the voting system in your county.
For Cody Bright, when it comes to safeguarding our elections and protecting your vote, one thing stands out: the friends, neighbors and co-workers who work the polls.
SecureVotePA works to keep voters educated on Pennsylvania’s election process and inform them about the many built-in safeguards that protect the integrity of the system and ensure accuracy in the results. Check out some of our recent work.
Keystone Votes writes that with the general election just a few months away, voters can look to the primary and be confident in how our elections are run.
SecureVotePA election experts joined Steve Ulrich, managing editor of Politics PA and host of The Voices of Reason podcast, to talk about the tried-and-tested systems that made Pennsylvania’s primary run so smoothly.
In this column, two former election directors with nearly 25 years of combined experience on the frontlines of administering elections tell voters that they can be confident in how Pennsylvania’s elections are run and how votes are counted.
Voting by mail is safe, secure and convenient. Former Dauphin County election director Jerry Feaser is working with other election experts to remind voters to follow a handful of simple instructions to avoid minor errors that could potentially disqualify their ballots.
Tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians will vote by mail in the April 23 primary election, and election experts working with SecureVotePA are reminding them to follow a handful of simple instructions to avoid minor errors that could potentially disqualify their ballots.
Former GOP Congressman Charlie Dent says with education, his hope is that we can come together on Election Day and trust that the results have been delivered fairly and accurately.
According to Lauren Cristella, president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, a voter education group, about 40,000 Pennsylvanians affiliated with both parties are called upon twice a year to help run our elections. These poll workers are our dedicated friends, neighbors and co-workers.
Pennsylvania’s elections are safe, secure and accurate. Show your trust in our elections by joining us as we work to educate voters and build trust in the process. Stay informed by signing up for our newsletter or by sharing your own story so all of us can trust that our votes are protected, and that election results are accurate.