Keeping an Eye on Your Ballot
Posted on 11-01-2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 1, 2012 |
Contact: Phil McGrane
208-287-6880
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Keeping an Eye on Your Ballot
(Boise, ID) – As the election approaches many candidates and voters wonder about who’s keeping track of the ballots. Now they can take part in the process. In the spirit of transparency, the Ada County Elections office has now provided candidates and voters with the ability to watch the ballots at Elections. Now if you visit www.AdaCountyElections.com, under the Candidate Information tab is an option for Ballot Cameras. There are five cameras streaming live video of each of the areas in the Ada County Elections Office where ballots are stored.
This new tool provides anyone who has questions about ballot security the tools to ensure the ballots are safe. Observers will notice that there are always a minimum of two people present when accessing the ballots. The five cameras cover the blank ballots waiting to go out on Election Day, the returned absentee ballots, counted ballots, and the warehouse were ballots can travel in between.
Also, as a reminder Ada County will be open for Early Voting this Saturday, October 27th from 10am to 4pm.