A recent poll by Rasmussen revealed that nearly two-thirds of voters suspect electronic voting machines may be vulnerable to online manipulation. President Trump and Tulsi Gabbard are sounding the alarms and calling for reforms. With the 2026 primaries just around the corner, we need to be prepared. It appears that Trump will be signing executive orders or, preferably, a national emergency authorization calling for abolishing universal “mail-in voting,” which is the practice of mailing ballots out to all registered voters and only allowing limited absentee (mailed ballots by request) due to a disability or military status. Given DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard’s concerns about infiltration of the electronic systems, it appears that their days are numbered.
We need to be prepared for a fundamental transformation of our election processes and procedures.
Here is a link to the full Gold Standard report for re-engineering all phases of the election process (Voter Registration, Voter Validation, Marking and Counting, Reporting) to optimize transparency, security, verifiability, and accessibility of our elections.
The video below primarily focuses on the counting of the ballots, which is only one part of the 3rd phase of the process, albeit a critical one. It explains the method and includes a quick video (3 minutes and 43 seconds) clip of someone calling out the names from the actual ballot images from the 2022 Treasurer’s race in Dodge County, WI. We run through a tally of 100 ballots (2 stacks of 50), including ballots from both the ES&S Express Vote Ballot Marking Device (BMD) as well as hand-marked ballots—not unlike your typical mail-in ballot.
You can follow along with this blank tally sheet to try this method yourself.
Here is the completed tally sheet from that session. You can check the first 100 ballots that were called out to your tally sheet.
Both completed tally sheets above reconcile.
Ideally, maximizing accessibility for all legal, eligible voters is extremely important. Lack of trust, unfortunately, is a key reason people won’t vote, thus reducing participation in our elections. Trust will improve only if we can demonstrate secure, transparent, and verifiable elections. If voters have a firm belief in the above, then they will enthusiastically vote. Transparent elections, with ballots being counted by local registered voters at the precinct level, are the ultimate antidote to distrust of the system.
We hope you found this useful. Please comment on the Rumble video or email us at scsafeelections@zohomail.com or info@uscase.org. We can train you further virtually or in person. If you are interested in the blank Excel spreadsheet to populate your own races, we can provide that as well.
If you want more practice, you can also watch this demo of the Governor’s race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2WCL1fcEus&t=396s
Here is the empty tally sheet for that race.
