Months before: the equipment is approved.
Vendors publish all of their code. An independent lab tests it, anyone can rebuild it, and the state posts its exact fingerprint on a public registry.
That fingerprint is the only one any machine in the state is allowed to run.
- 1Vendor publishes all its code
- 2Independent lab tests it
- 3Anyone rebuilds it
- 4Fingerprint goes on the state registry
Morning of: prove it, and show zero.
Before the doors open, each machine proves it’s running the approved code and prints a report showing it holds zero ballots. The voter list is locked and fingerprinted.
- Every machine runs the approved codeFingerprint 91a0…5c3e on all 4 machines
- Zero report printed and posted0 ballots on every machine
- Voter list locked1,986 voters · fingerprint 7ac2…19d0
- Sealed stack of voter code cards openedSeal number logged and photographed
All day: the counts go public.
Each machine posts how many ballots it has taken, every hour. Just the count, never the votes, so a pile of ballots can’t suddenly appear later.
Polls close: seal everything.
Machines sign their final counts and prove themselves one more time. Paper ballots go into sealed containers, and every hand they pass through is logged.
- Final count signed: 1,412 ballotsSealed 8:00 PM · fingerprint e3b0…c442
- Machines prove themselves againSame approved fingerprint as this morning
- Paper ballots sealedContainer A-1187 · seal 004211
- 8:14 PM · sealed by 2 poll workers (one from each party)
- 8:52 PM · received at county office · seal intact ✓
- 9:03 PM · placed in secure storage · camera 3
After: everyone else checks your work.
A second scanner rereads every ballot. The ballots are matched against the list of who voted. Independent checkers re-run the whole election. Auditors compare paper ballots by hand.
Certified, or on hold.
A location is certified only when every single check passes.
If one fails, it isn’t a scandal. It’s a hold. The paper ballots are hand counted in public, and the hand count is what gets certified. The state certifies only once every county is clear.
- ✓Approved code on every machine
- ✓Public test run matched
- ✓Zero report at opening
- ✓Final count sealed at close
- ✓Ballots match voters
- ✓Second scan agrees
- ✓Independent re-runs agree
- ✓Paper audit passed
Why this protects you.
Election workers are being accused and harassed over results they can’t prove. Here, you don’t have to argue. The proof is already public, and anyone can check it.
- ✓ 1,412 people voted, 1,412 ballots
- ✓ Every ballot picture is posted
- ✓ 37 independent checkers agree