🔍 Key Takeaways:

• Claims that election night hand counts are the only way to confirm election outcomes are being used as a tool to spread disinformation about vote counting machines.
• High-volume election night hand counts have been shown to be costly, slow, and inaccurate. 
• While hand counts are necessary for checking election outcomes in post-election audits and recounts, widespread expansion of hand counting would impair election administration and undermine public confidence in U.S. elections.

📣 How YOU Can Help:

Next year’s elections will be a big test for our democracy, and we’re working on all fronts. We’ll keep opposing misguided proposals for election night hand counts, while working with election officials in key states to implement sound security practices and providing accurate information to the public about how elections work. But we can’t expand our work without your support—please consider a donation today. 

With thanks,
Pamela Smith, President & CEO

P.S. Visit our Hand Counted Paper Ballots page to learn even more about hand counts and where they are conducted.