State and federal agencies in North Carolina are trying to allay the public’s concerns about election security and accuracy after recent worries over hacking and ballot-casting methods.
The State Board of Elections announced during a Thursday news conference a “voter confidence campaign” that will run through the 2020 elections. The multimedia campaign is designed to let voters know what the board and other government entities do to ensure elections are protected from interference and results are correct.
A U.S. Senate committee’s report released this summer found that the Russian government directed “extensive activity” against U.S. election systems ahead of the 2016 election. The North Carolina board also has taken heat for certifying the use of certain ballots that digitize a voter’s choices into bar code data for counting.
The state chose a new executive director for the Board of Elections earlier this year following an investigation into absentee-ballot fraud in a 2018 congressional race.
Information about election security and the new campaign can be found at the Board of Elections’ website.
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