The Vote Center Dilemma: Here’s Hoping County And State Leaders Can Now Give Us Safer, More Secure Elections

Given The Fact That We Vote In Vote Centers, One Truth Is Abundant. If We Don’t Return To Precinct Voting, We Will Never Be Able To Bring In Hand-Marked Paper Ballots To Give Voters Greater Trust Into How Their Votes Are Cast And Counted… Without Adding An Entirely New Machine System At A Cost Of Approximately One-Half Million Dollars. Yes, Another Machine Needed To Correct Process Problems Created By The Original Machines.
So, What Are Some Indisputable Truths We’ve Learned?

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The Vote Center Dilemma: In Today’s World Convenience Will Never Replace Security

You Don’t Risk Something Precious By Taking The Easy Way Out. If You Really Cherish Something, You Go The Extra Mile; You Choose Security. Not Convenience. What Doesn’t Make Sense Is Why Some Citizens Blindly Accept “Convenience Vote Centers,” Despite The Ready Proof That Voting Machine Systems In Internet-Enhanced Vote Centers, Can Be Hacked And Votes Changed By Nefarious People.

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Why Moving From Vote Centers To Precinct Voting Is Best If You Care About Safe, Secure, Transparent And Trustworthy Elections

In 2019, The Tennessee General Assembly Began A Pilot For “Convenience Vote Center Voting,” Where Fewer Vote Centers Would Replace Traditional Precincts. That Meant Some Structural Differences In Poll Processes And Voters Could Vote In Any Vote Center In The County. Vote Centers Were Meant To Help Election Officials Reduce Costs. But After Two Years In This Experiment, We’ve Tracked A Number Of Risky Sacrifices That Voters Were Never Told About When The State Forced Us Into Vote Centers.
CONVENIENCE Has NOT Equaled SECURITY Or Saved Money.

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Why Hand-Marked Ballots Are Such A Big Deal

So Why Are Hand-Marked Paper Ballots So Important To So Many Voters? More Than 68% Of Americans Vote On Them Instead Of Ballot Marking Devices. Less Than A Third Vote On BMDS. How Come?

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The Voting Issue That Could Prevent Hand-Marked Paper Ballots In Tennessee Elections

The Ramifications Of The 2020 And 2022 National Elections Have Left An Indelible Mark On American Consumer Confidence In Elections. Problems Such As Machine Vulnerabilities, The Misconduct Of Vote Center Workers, Ballot Drop Boxes And Ballot Harvesting, As Well As Illegal Voting Law Revisions, All Caused A Deep Fissure In Citizen Trust In How Elections Are Run.

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Vote Centers: The Scourge That Will Prevent Hand-Marked Paper Ballots From Being Added To A County’s Vote System Without Also Adding More Untrustworthy Voting Machines

If We Moved Back To Safer, More Secure Precinct Voting, We Could Easily Add Hand-Marked Paper Ballots As An Option With Each Precinct Likely Having Only One Ballot. Plus, Voter Wait Time Is Reduced As Only A Limited Number Of Voters Can Vote At A Precinct And More Voters Can Skip Over Time-Consuming BMDS And Mark Their Paper Ballots With A Pen In Far More Privacy Booths. No Need For Ballot-On-Demand Printers.

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Despite Concerns From Voter Integrity Groups, Williamson Election Commission To Meet With County To Approve Funds For Voting Machines

Next Week, The Williamson County Election Commission Will Attend The Monthly Meeting Of The Williamson County Commission And Request The Necessary Funds For The Purchase Of Voting Machines That Voter Integrity Grassroots Groups Describe As “Vulnerable” To Corruption And Mechanical Mishap, Sacrificing The Integrity Of Election Outcomes.

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Election Integrity Group Tries To Halt Purchasing Rush For Williamson County Voting System, Machines Without First Studying All Options

While The Williamson County Election Commission Is Rushing To Sign A Contract To Purchase New Election Voting Equipment For County Elections, A Citizen-Driven Group Is Trying To Slow Down The Process So That Greater Due Diligence, Fiduciary Cost Studies And A Comprehensive Appraisal Of Current Voting Machine-Heavy Systems And Other Voting Systems Involving Hand-Marked Paper Ballots And People Can Be Studied.

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Tennessee Voter Experience At The Polls Vary Across The State

On Election Day, Voters In Several Tennessee Counties Were Reporting That Some Polling Stations Were Having Trouble Printing Ballots. While Many Reported That All Seemed Well, Some Voters Reported Issues With Not Only Paper Ballots, But Also With Voting Machines, Open WIFI Connections At Polling Places And More.

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Op-Ed: Heritage Foundation’s Election Integrity Scorecard Misses Mark In Tennessee

Resting On The Laurels Of One Election Scorecard That Really Doesn’t Measure All Aspects Of Our Election Is Dangerous. Leaders Throughout Tennessee Need To Face The Fact That We Have Critical Election Integrity Issues That Must Be Addressed To Ensure Our Representative Constitutional Government Doesn’t Die.

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