An election official’s job is to facilitate democracy — democracy is the backbone of what we do. My job is to help people participate in the democratic process: registering voters, helping people vote, and counting those votes securely and accurately. And I enjoy it! I’m honored to be part of helping people express their voice through their vote. My role is nonpartisan and I’m neutral to my core — I leave politics out of it.

“There’s quite a spotlight on election officials right now. We got it right in 2020 in Deschutes County and throughout Oregon — we executed our processes the same way we always do.”

We test our equipment and systems before, during, and after every election to ensure everything is working properly…  Our voter rolls are also updated daily; we are in direct contact with voters, the USPS, the Secretary of State, and other agencies to keep our voter registration database up to date. We also check obituaries daily and participate in ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center, which tells us which voters have moved within the state or out of state, and who may be eligible to vote but is not yet registered.