Dallas County GOP Hand Count - Volunteer Signup
You now have the chance to MAKE HISTORY, by putting Dallas at the forefront of a return to paper ballots and volunteering your time to help us count and verify votes in the March Primary.
SECURE ELECTIONS ARE IN YOUR HANDS!
We all want secure, verifiable elections. To accomplish that, voters have been asking to get away from election machines…and now we have a chance to accomplish that.
A hand count process approved by our Secretary of State is being evaluated for use in the March GOP Primary in Dallas County. Become a part of this important process to bring verifiable paper ballots back to our elections!
WHY?
SECURITY. TRANSPARENCY. Paper ballots promote the security of our elections, instead of your vote disappearing into a “black box.” As we all know, any computer system can be hacked. This is a return to simplicity and common sense, using a pencil to mark your paper ballot instead of an expensive voting machine that can be hacked.
EXECUTIVE ORDER. Going to hand-counted paper ballots will support President Trump’s Executive Order 14248 this year, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” advocating for voter-verifiable paper records, meaning voters can check a physical record of their choices.
HISTORY
The use of electronic voting machines is a relatively new process. Electronic technology for voting first appeared in the mid-1960s with punch cards, but new concepts of electronic voting didn’t become common until 2000.
A majority of countries DON’T use Electronic Voting Machines.
Many countries have banned or ceased the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in whole or in part, citing concerns over security, transparency, and reliability.
Examples:
- Germany ended electronic voting in 2009, with the German Federal Constitutional Court finding that the inability to have meaningful public scrutiny meant that electronic voting was unconstitutional.
- In the Netherlands, the Dutch Council banned EVMs in 2006 because of a lack of transparency.
- Ireland ceased using EVMs in 2009, citing transparency issues.
- After a pilot project, Italy decided to return to using ballot papers.
- England chose to stick with conventional voting methods rather than widely adopting EVMs.
