Sacramento County using Apple AirTags and more to increase election trust

By Shawnte Passmore,
CBS Sacramento,
October 26, 2022

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 Vote-by-mail is underway as the November election inches closer, and it is not only issues and candidates on voters' minds.

Election integrity is center stage following the 2020s presidential election.

Out of the more than 800,000 vote-by-mail ballots Sacramento County sent to registered voters, it says about 60,000 came back so far.

Many voters told CBS13 they trust the system despite claims of an unfair presidential election in 2020.

"Well, so far, they haven't proven a damn thing," said Phillip D. Bangs of Citrus Heights.  

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Though, the reality is election deniers are thrusting election integrity into the spotlight.

So, what is being done to ensure no one votes more than once?

"A lot of those procedures around the voter registration database — maintaining that database and updating it in real time as people are voting, as people submit their ballots," said Kim Alexander, Founder and Executive Director of the California Voter Foundation. 

Though, the reality is election deniers are thrusting election integrity into the spotlight.

So, what is being done to ensure no one votes more than once?

"A lot of those procedures around the voter registration database — maintaining that database and updating it in real time as people are voting, as people submit their ballots," said Kim Alexander, Founder and Executive Director of the California Voter Foundation.  (Full Story)