DVJ: Our Trusted Neighbors Administer Our Elections
DVJ: Our Trusted Neighbors Administer Our Elections
Cody Bright has worked on multiple campaigns over the years for Republican candidates running for everything from township supervisor to U.S. Senate. He is intimately familiar with the built-in security features, redundancies and transparencies that safeguard our election process and protect your vote.
But one thing stands out most.
“For me personally, the most important component of our elections are the individuals who staff them,” Bright wrote in a piece published by the Delaware Valley Journal.
“The people working inside a precinct on Election Day live in the very communities in which they are assisting for more than the 13 hours the polls are open,” he writes. “They are our neighbors. They are our fellow PTA members. We see them at church, the grocery store and other places in our community. And we can trust them.”
Bright, a former senior campaign consultant for several southeastern Pennsylvania Republican candidates, notes that these individuals receive regular, detailed training about our elections and their responsibilities. Many of them have been giving their time as service to their community for a long time. That experience is important.
He also notes the state’s strong system of checks and balances, which include things like public observation of voting machine inspections, confirming eligibility before an individual can register to vote, confirming identity before casting ballots, bringing in people from all political parties to observe the process, and multiple redundancies to ensure the results are accurate and reflect the will of the people.
Bright writes that “… civic-minded Pennsylvanians — Republicans, Democrats and Independents — take their jobs seriously. They know it’s up to them to safeguard the many systems we have in place to make sure votes are cast fairly and counted correctly.”
Click HERE to read his full column in the Delaware Valley Journal.