Elections Administrator Explains How Votes Will Be Secure And Counted
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DALLAS (CBS11) - In her near three decades working elections, Dallas County Elections administrator Toni Pippins-Poole said she has never seen a political cycle like 2016.
"Some are a little more tense than others right now," said Pippins-Poole. "We see that in our emails we're receiving at Dallas County Votes, we hear it in the telephone calls."
Voters seem more concerned about election fraud than ever before said Pippins-Poole.
"We're going to be hacked, someone is going to change my vote in the midst of me voting," said Pippins-Poole recalling some of the calls and emails her office has received.
She said there is no internet connection in Dallas County, just the old-fashioned paper and marker.
After polls close, elections judges turn off the machines. They then collect both the memory cards with voter data and paper ballots. Both materials are then locked up and taken to the main elections office.
If any materials or left behind, elections administrators send the judges back.
"At that time we send a sheriff's deputy with them," said Pippins-Poole.
Dallas County Elections workers said they are also working with deputies and police in the event any problems arise at polling places.
"We want the voters to know it's pretty safe," said Pippins-Poole.
The biggest issue poll workers expect to see are with voters you vote straight party and forget to turn their ballot over.
There is a proposition on the other side that is nonpartisan.
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