The checks to ensure only eligible voters end up on the voter rolls start with the first question asked of anyone registering to vote in Colorado. Here’s a look at other safeguards, according…
Linda Douma and Sandie Erskine, signature verification judges, review signatures that were not automatically accepted by the sorting machine and check them against the voter registration database at the Arapahoe County elections facility and warehouse on Nov. 5, 2018, in Littleton. As the election draws nearer, Coloradans have a lot of questions around voting — about how the process works and, also, what protections are there to ensure ineligible people aren’t casting ballots.
“So, it’s a self-affirmation. We are hoping that you are answering that question correctly,” Koppes explained. But “when we start registering you to vote in the voter registration system, we do verify and check.
Koppes said with all these different checks and verifications, it’s exceedingly rare for a noncitizen to get onto a voter list. And if a noncitizen does actually manage to vote, the consequences can be severe: a fine, jail time and deportation. “Under Colorado law, if a voter casts a ballot during the early voting period and then passes away before Election Day, that vote will count,” explained Koppes.Hundreds of ballot drop boxes, voting centers open across Colorado: “The most we have ever had in any election”Here again, there is a verification process — in this case, with the signature on the ballot envelope.
Elections judges have extensive training on signature verification. And here’s the thing: They’ve caught people who tried to cast another person’s ballot.
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