Inside the Vote Count: This is what happens to your California ballot

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Go behind-the-scenes in a California elections office to see how they count your vote. The Sacramento County elections staff opened up the entire process to us, including some of the steps they use to fix problems.
We’ll answer some of the big questions people have about voting, like:
-How do they keep people from voting by mail twice?
-What if I changed my signature?
-Are my votes really kept secret and how?
-What if I make a mistake filling out my ballot?
-How do they keep hackers out of the system?
-What if I damage my ballot?
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@MariaLuluGarza
@MariaLuluGarza 3 роки тому
I just checked the count for California and it states that 22,047,448 people registered. It also says that 15,754,845 people voted in total and they are saying that 100% of registered voters voted well that can't be true because 15,754,845 people is not 100% of 22,047,448 it's only 71%. Does this mean that they are not counting any additional votes? Somebody please tell me if there is something I don't know.
@Andrew01813
@Andrew01813 3 роки тому
How do you know you can trust the people who count the votes
@hiphop296
@hiphop296 3 роки тому
Well, they are under some sort of law/contract. There are people watching each other to see if a ballot is being thrown away and probably cameras. Other than that just trust the system
@Dannon1111
@Dannon1111 3 роки тому
did you watch the video? people do not count the votes.... it is automated
@curlytavs8781
@curlytavs8781 3 роки тому
Sorry I spilt ketchup on mine .
@wes1588
@wes1588 3 роки тому
@tyler durden A TWO PERSON TEAM FILLS IN A NEW BALLOT. ALSO THERE ARE SUPERVISORS MONITORING AND SECURITY CAMERAS.
@mamaharumi
@mamaharumi 3 роки тому
You didn't watch the video did you
@SGTrainingStable
@SGTrainingStable 3 роки тому
I hope and expect that in the next national election we take the election process seriously and not take it for granted that the elections will legitimate. We need to stop being nieve and assure that we’ve done everything to prevent election fraud. We need to get organized starting at the local level and we need to find out exactly how the election process is carried out everywhere. Then we need to recruit extra volunteers from all political parties in equal amounts to ensure accountability. We also need to educate/inform the public about this. Let’s not fall asleep next time, by starting now. I’m eager to volunteer and this time I will be searching on how and where to volunteer. We need to view ballots as if they were pieces of Gold.
@conrad4667
@conrad4667 3 роки тому
Forget poll observers and watchers. Poll _workers_ need to be appointed by their respective parties, trained in all aspects and randomly assigned and rotated through the work stations on Election Day.
@genster4954
@genster4954 Рік тому
I 100% agree with this statement
@kevinmoore4887
@kevinmoore4887 3 роки тому
Now explain how voter registration is verified. I was registered 2 times by accident. We noticed it at the polling place. Same name Same address "The computer will catch and fix it." Next election, I'm still there 2 times. Considering California gave unemployment checks to prisoners on Death Row, it doesn't seem like they are careful enough. And I would like to see extra video cameras, like a casino money room.
@jimgrant
@jimgrant 3 роки тому
Why nat date stamp and image (photograh} all the ballots received and then have voters check to see if the their ballot id was actually counted correctly.
@swat4hire
@swat4hire 3 роки тому
I got a great story idea for you! I'm in Los Angeles County in Long Beach. California started mailing ballots to everyone who is registered to vote and sent them in early February. My family never knew about this and just went to the polls as usual where we were told by the people working at the Pole that we were supposed to male our Ballots. Here's the thing. None of the 3 people who were registered at the time for years even received a ballot by mail! Then there's today I tried to get ahold of the Los Angeles County registrar fraud department but nobody answers the phone it's an answering service so I left to messages and looked to the Internet. I found the state controller for elections and contacted their office after checking vote by mail for myself, my husband and my older son. All of us were mailed ballots at the 1st week of October and it said it's at the Post Office on its way to us. He is the problem it's November 2nd and it's almost a month since it was mailed from within California itself. And the problem? California decided to make everybody vote by mail and sent ballots to every single registered voter but I'd like to find out how many people never got them and whether they were stolen by people in the postal service. It's been found that there have been trump ballots found in the trash cans add at least one Post Office another postal employee was found dumping the mail into the trash or a gutter and then there's the videos by project Veritas showing people with many ballots for a certain candidate that were giving gifts to the elderly to vote the way they want them to vote. What I'm wondering is do they have people on the inside? People in the registrar's office that have the ability to make up names and maybe change the coding on some of those ballots or are these the ballot sliver gonna show up a month from now like usual from the Democratic Party ... After all they are the party that always seems to benefit when ballots are found after an election especially when it's close! The very large problem I have is not the vote by mail issue because it works most of the time for the military and for the elderly and handicapped that kept make it to the polling places but it should be in the rare cases when people are out of the country not just sent out because someone's too lazy to go to a polling place. Another thing is maybe if point places are to overwhelmed maybe they said switch it to a Monday and make it a holiday? If they make election day a holiday even if it's unpaid more people can vote! But there's a serious problem here in Los Angeles County. My husband is a sergeant with the Department of Defense who used to work under the Air Force space and missile systems and now is with the new space force. Hes been in lawn force ment with them for 34 years. I went to school to do it but ended up getting hurt so I put them on television and in film why not use the millions and billions of dollars spent on training these people to make TV and fell more realistic right? On the 1st person to ever think of it or do it and I give God Almighty the credit for giving me the idea and making it successful. We are not scam artists. But this really troubles me because I didn't know anything about ballots being mailed to anyone until I got to the polling place for the primaries and they told me I was supposed to have voted by mail! They fixed it and I voted at the poll however there's still more issues Sir you must figure out why it is that my family and probably many others did not receive any ballots at our house through the mail in February 2020! Nor did we ask for them. Then we were waiting and waiting for ballots to come in the mail for this election and the most Important election of my life and none of them came! That means a total of 6 ballots Uber 6 months have disappeared! And they disappeared from the postal service! What if they are opening ballots that were already cast before they get to where they're supposed to go to see how someone voted and then tape it backup to ship it out are they stopped in this process of counting? Are they throwing all the trump ballots away? Is it happening to the other party to? This really needs to be looked into as soon as possible because I'm truly worried we are looking at the Civil War happening again in this country because no one is happy anymore and there's a lot of people out there trying to scan You can find me on Facebook Google through the search, IMDb and More My name is Patricia Homan Davila in Long Beach California Bless
@Mosdeftito23
@Mosdeftito23 3 роки тому
Thank you for sharing. If Biden wins we all now it was a scam. I hope Trump wins.
@stephanm2523
@stephanm2523 3 роки тому
I will say to you what trump always says to us: FAKE NEWS.
@MariaLuluGarza
@MariaLuluGarza 3 роки тому
I believe there is fraud going on but how would a postal worker know which ballots are for Trump if they are sealed in an envelope. And would they accept envelopes that were sealed with tape. Because mine came with a sticky side I pealed off the paper then it stuck pretty good. I didn't check to see if it opened easily I should have. I would like to see how they open the envelopes where they are counted. Once that sticky side is peeled off an sealed it should not open for nothing and would need to be cut to open.
@Lettusfarm
@Lettusfarm 3 роки тому
Maria Lulu Garza bake a batch in an oven for 10 min on 160 and see how hard they are to open
@marykpatterson4534
@marykpatterson4534 Рік тому
@@MariaLuluGarza DO NOT mail ALL ballots. EASY, time to only mail ballots who request them to be mailed.
@conrad4667
@conrad4667 3 роки тому
1:54. If your casting a vote is public record, why can’t we judge a signature match for ourselves at 0:57? Actually, allow multiple poll workers’ eyes judge the signature match without knowing the person’s party registration.
@charaeashcraft5717
@charaeashcraft5717 3 роки тому
Very interesting. Do they have more people verifying what the machine reads.
@tanishaolivera276
@tanishaolivera276 3 роки тому
My signatures are never the same tho lol
@krystlemurphy8514
@krystlemurphy8514 3 роки тому
It just has to match what's on your driver's license/ID card.
@ankra12
@ankra12 3 роки тому
It has a barcode.
@harrybautista8212
@harrybautista8212 3 роки тому
Barcodes duh
@jake6111
@jake6111 3 роки тому
They have all your signatures 🤓🕵🏽‍♂️
@mytexasdays1526
@mytexasdays1526 3 роки тому
Great story. Now I feel a little bit better about the system.
@switchnthink2941
@switchnthink2941 Рік тому
They are saying everything for you to think that way. Deception.
@topquarkbln
@topquarkbln 3 роки тому
Thanks for making it transparent!
@lindalee4768
@lindalee4768 3 роки тому
It there suevelense cameras installed here?
@Miakitty4233
@Miakitty4233 2 місяці тому
Then tell me how, in 2020, the secretary of state's website received my ballot, marked it received when I was sick, and couldn't drop it off?
@mattrumbattrum9952
@mattrumbattrum9952 3 роки тому
the fact that they separate your ballots by precinct... why would mail from a different city end up at that place?
@Mosdeftito23
@Mosdeftito23 3 роки тому
the ballots with stain have to be refilled by a clerk? What if the clerk changes the original bubble to a different one?
@lauraespinosa1775
@lauraespinosa1775 3 роки тому
Pretty sure it’s two ppl from each party that need to do the task
@daban4158
@daban4158 3 роки тому
Then keep your coffee away from your ballot.
@dianecruz2856
@dianecruz2856 3 роки тому
There are security cameras and supervisors on the scene when this happens. The ones re-doing the ballots are under contract and can face major charges. It is highly unlikely that they will do that, with all of the supervision, etc. Unless they want to get caught right away and spend years in prison for voter fraud. I worked at polling stations and trust me, it is almost impossible to do that and someone get away with it.
@ChaosSolak
@ChaosSolak 3 роки тому
@@dianecruz2856 Yet they forbade observers from observing. Highly unlikely doesn't mean impossible, especially if the right people in there are all aboard the corruption train. And please don't say "corruption doesn't exist". All those security and transparency measures have been put in place precisely because corruption exists. Not allowing observers in is a massive red flag already, made even worse by the dems refusing to allow the transparency. If they had allowed it like "sure, no problem", Trump would've been the one looking like a sore loser or a frauder. By refusing, they're acknowledging there's something they don't want us to see.
@byroncjohnston1
@byroncjohnston1 3 роки тому
Is that what you call an efficient method of changing the outcome of an election. Why would a person intelligent enough to get that job, jeopardize themselves to criminal prosecution to change one vote? Come on ... be realistic.
@randylee1542
@randylee1542 2 роки тому
What if I sign my ballot, then sell it to someone for a price ?
@thatgameguy4929
@thatgameguy4929 3 роки тому
What happens if a someone corrupt prints up a truckload of ballots with no envelopes?
@conrad4667
@conrad4667 3 роки тому
Signature required should be full legal name as any legal document requires. Ray does not equal Raymond. WRONG. Too bad Ray, your vote doesn’t count. It goes on to say that human could match the handwriting, ok, as long as that is true and verified by both major political parties, (which this didn’t appear to). Final result: while signature is likely true, the process is still a FAIL.
@nathanfarias1051
@nathanfarias1051 3 роки тому
How did they tally the votes in California in one hour ? Not sure seems sketch
@dianecruz2856
@dianecruz2856 3 роки тому
They probably did not have any set-backs with the ballots. The voters followed the instructions and filled in the bubbles correctly, signatures are accurate, no spills on the ballots, etc. Following the instructions saved a lot of time. Then again, the machines did and do all the work unless there are some errors on the ballots.
@nathanfarias1051
@nathanfarias1051 3 роки тому
@@dianecruz2856 Yeh right
@sandraw76
@sandraw76 3 роки тому
@@nathanfarias1051 They're allowed to start counting before election day, but they're only allowed to add it up and release the results after polls close on election day. This video mentions it at 4:33.
@nathanfarias1051
@nathanfarias1051 3 роки тому
@@sandraw76 not adding up . Small states can’t finish in three days but they can in one hour
@sandraw76
@sandraw76 3 роки тому
@@nathanfarias1051 California's not done counting. As I type this, they've reported 77% of the votes in CA. However, CA was called for Biden very early because CA is known to be very Democratic (in 2016, it was 62%/32%/6% for Clinton/Trump/other). In a smaller state, like Nevada for example, the vote is closer to 50%/50%. Therefore they need to count more of the vote to be sure who is going to win. Currently Nevada is at 89% reported (49.4%/48.5% for Biden/Trump), and I guess the news networks still don't feel confident enough that they can call with 11% of the vote outstanding.
@postkasse112
@postkasse112 3 роки тому
Can some one explain it to me what is a voter file. Is it mandatory that you have to register your signature if you want to vote. I live in Europe just want to know how it works in US. Thanks.
@jake6111
@jake6111 3 роки тому
When you register online, the system will search the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) database for your California driver license or identification card number, date of birth, and last four digits of your social security number. If your information is found and you authorize elections officials' use of your DMV signature, an electronic image of your DMV signature will be added to your voter registration application after you click "submit" at the end of the online application. If there is no signature on file with DMV, all of your information will be transmitted to your county elections office; you will just need to click "print," sign the paper application, and mail it. Your county elections official will contact you when your voter registration application is approved or if more information is needed to confirm your eligibility
@peberdah
@peberdah 3 роки тому
Vote processing will be far more efficient if vote form will be pre-printed on A4/B4 paper page and scanned on already available high speed / copier scanner and stored as image files on disc memory or on Cloud. As a scanned lot a folder then read and compared by software with a model original empty paper form, marked area localized to produce a kind of barcode vote resume. Not easy to identify or critical marking then routed to human eyes for a definite decision. So a software to compare empty form with filled one it's all that it take renaming the image file as conpound lot, position and marking, will produce a sorted directory count by name.
@jenalatz3589
@jenalatz3589 3 роки тому
Contact your state's senators and representatives ask them to join Texas in suing for voter equity.
@StrawberryCream78
@StrawberryCream78 3 роки тому
And what is all script on the paper?
@DCFunBud
@DCFunBud Рік тому
The pink envelope is the inner envelope.
@Rickety3263
@Rickety3263 3 роки тому
Thats amazing that all 500 other signatures matched perfectly though
@kashs260tv
@kashs260tv Рік тому
Write your name or other personal info on the ballot. There is always a way.
@RWMonye
@RWMonye 5 років тому
Nigeria has a very long way to go, the system is so corrupt innovations like this wouldn't happen anything soon
@sneal77777
@sneal77777 3 роки тому
Ruby’s video didn’t look the same
@CloeCorpse
@CloeCorpse 3 роки тому
but how do they get t out of the envelope???
@brandonvega9698
@brandonvega9698 3 роки тому
2:21
@taylorpeter5066
@taylorpeter5066 3 роки тому
I love how you say voter fraud is super rare 😂😂😂 get real
@valeriericksmithlovett428
@valeriericksmithlovett428 3 роки тому
Why are the allots in Japanese??
@carultch
@carultch 3 роки тому
That particular voter probably requested a ballot in the Japanese language.
@anakinskywalker5363
@anakinskywalker5363 3 роки тому
Uhh In case you don’t speak English English isn’t the national language in the United States
@jimbosammy4255
@jimbosammy4255 3 роки тому
@@anakinskywalker5363 Don't forget Spanglish, Ebonics, and Jive.
@tacotator2358
@tacotator2358 3 роки тому
3:38 so a 2 person team needs to fill out a new form? And who oversees this?
@romel420
@romel420 3 роки тому
The two Biden supporters oversee each other, that's why it's TWO so no one single person can fraudulently fill it out however they want without someone else seeing it. Comforting isn't it? ;p
@hiphop296
@hiphop296 3 роки тому
@@romel420 You trumpies are just sad human beings. If you got a problem why don't you go to work there and have every vote counted instead of blaming others?
@romel420
@romel420 3 роки тому
@@hiphop296 MAGA
@hiphop296
@hiphop296 3 роки тому
@@romel420 Thanks for letting me know I would have never guessed
@romel420
@romel420 3 роки тому
@@hiphop296 Trump 2020 baby! 20 more years! Next up is Sr. then Jr. then Ivanka! MAGA!
@davidhazera9851
@davidhazera9851 3 роки тому
Californi
@conrad4667
@conrad4667 3 роки тому
3:42. The “two person team” is more than that, right? One Democrat and one Republican, right? If not, FAIL.
@hammersandoval1011
@hammersandoval1011 3 роки тому
Simple fix, have our military who have security clearances count the ballot 🤔
@FULI2DMAX
@FULI2DMAX 3 роки тому
Thanks for your info report
@routhstars
@routhstars 3 роки тому
Use Electronic Voting Machines like India , the worlds largest democracy, does.
@eclecticsteak
@eclecticsteak 3 роки тому
You would think we would do that but, no, we love voter suppression here :/
@BOB-wx3fq
@BOB-wx3fq 3 роки тому
I was picturing a paper shredder this year
@il400
@il400 3 роки тому
4:00 so do voters in California get to vote in the Chinese election or something?
@Rickety3263
@Rickety3263 3 роки тому
Got it. Vote by mail. Then someone hand-copies a new ballot for you. Results are scanned and interpreted by the party election committee, of how you really meant to vote, and your anonymous paper is locked away as if nothing happened. As long as that special team of volunteers keeps making those human decisions we are all safe.
@just4therecord
@just4therecord 3 роки тому
my signature will surely failed. even i cant sign the same signature that I did 5 years ago. btw riley parker is pretty cute looking 😍
@DCFunBud
@DCFunBud 4 роки тому
All states need to adopt no excuse Voting by Mail to make free and fair voting a reality.
@llee8325
@llee8325 3 роки тому
Boy, are you naive!
@DCFunBud
@DCFunBud 7 місяців тому
@@llee8325 How is Vote by Mail working in your state three years later? I bet it works flawlessly, doesn't it?
@digitalbread4574
@digitalbread4574 3 роки тому
Look heres the deal, we have the technology to do online/mobile voting now, there's no excuse for still using these outdated and complicated processes to count ballots. Blockchain based voting and digital identity systems will bring about a world of more transparency, efficiency and convenience to every voter while still preserving privacy. This is the way.
@rcinc1460
@rcinc1460 3 роки тому
Who votes what isn’t important. It’s how they are counted
@Greg-yu4ij
@Greg-yu4ij 3 роки тому
This sounds like a fairytale. Soooo secret, yet your vote was harvested by bubba and bubba knows. Bubba KNOWS.
@joeybigy
@joeybigy 3 роки тому
How do you know the people processing the results off the ballots aren't crooked and checking off their preferred candidate ?
@rcinc1460
@rcinc1460 3 роки тому
They have a Biden supported looking at signatures
@azus7090
@azus7090 3 роки тому
what
@chuckrennert5783
@chuckrennert5783 3 роки тому
I say do all the voting at the dept of motor vehicle then the state can collect all the money in non paid tickets Unless you pay your fines you cant vote.
@al5ayyal911
@al5ayyal911 3 роки тому
The AI that read the document is in chinese language. #Rigged
@sandraw76
@sandraw76 3 роки тому
That was the ballot on the screen. In California, you're allowed to request a ballot in many languages. For example Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Korean, or Persian, among others.
@Goyanks28
@Goyanks28 3 роки тому
Reading the comments of this video is why I believe in abortion.
@carultch
@carultch 3 роки тому
Why do people say "I believe in abortion" or "I don't believe in abortion", like the very existence of abortion is in question? That's like saying "I don't believe in cars", because you choose not to drive or ride in a car. Unless you live in an isolated nomad community, you see evidence that cars exist every day, whether you personally drive a car or not. Same thing with abortion. I admit it is possible one could be in complete denial that abortion even exists, but its existence is not what is in question. What is in question, is A) whether you agree or disagree with the status quo that it is legal, and B) whether you believe it is an acceptable option for yourself personally to be involved in one.
@nikkiso716
@nikkiso716 3 роки тому
Fraud
@switchnthink2941
@switchnthink2941 Рік тому
This video is 100% lies. Lol.
@Jamarkus_Delvonte
@Jamarkus_Delvonte 4 роки тому
So happy that Mexicans can vote now. Keep California blue!
@spencercox2684
@spencercox2684 3 роки тому
Is it safe from TRUMP???
@chuckrennert5783
@chuckrennert5783 3 роки тому
What a scam!
@RohitSingh-eg5ek
@RohitSingh-eg5ek 3 роки тому
It's so much waste of papers, could use EVMs
@mustafa-cx2fg
@mustafa-cx2fg 3 роки тому
save the trees
@theshoedude6166
@theshoedude6166 3 роки тому
But this is important though so😌
@carultch
@carultch 3 роки тому
The reason for the paper ballots is so there is a literal paper trail, in case fraud is suspected. With an electronic-only voting system, whomever programs it has an opportunity to build a back door in to the system, and rig or bias the outcome. The paper ballots allow us to check a hand-counted sample of them against the counted totals, and make sure it is correct.
@tonischmid
@tonischmid 3 роки тому
This is BS
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