Watch elections processes in real time

Many elections processes are streamed live for observation. Find links to these live streams and recordings below.

November 5, 2024, Consolidated General Election

Determination of Order of Ballot and Voter Guide:

  • Random selection of letters for local ballot measures (8/12/2024)
  • Random alphabet selection (8/15/2024)
  • Random selection of proponent and opponent arguments to appear in the Voter Information Pamphlet (8/15/2024)

Voting Equipment Testing:

  • Logic and Accuracy Testing of ImageCast Central (ICC) Scanners and other media devices
    • This process has concluded
  • Logic and Accuracy Testing of Accessible ImageCast X Ballot Marking Devices 
    • This process has concluded
  • Logic and Accuracy Testing of ImageCast Evolution Ballot Scanning Machines 
    • This process has concluded
    • This process has concluded

Vote-by-Mail Ballot Processing:

  • Ballot envelope sorting and scanning for signature verification 
    • This process has concluded
  • Ballot remake 
    • This process has concluded
  • Ballot extraction 
    • This process has concluded
  • Ballot scanning 
    • This process has concluded
  • Ballot adjudication 
    • This process has concluded

Election Day Activities:

  • Phone bank supporting poll workers across 501 polling places 
    • This process has concluded

Activities After Close of Polls: 

  • Receiving of ballots, roster of voters, and other materials from polling places 
    • This process has concluded
  • Scanning of signatures in the roster of voters 
    • This process has concluded
  • Reconciliation of ballots and materials from polling places 
    • This process has concluded
  • Provisional Ballot Verification 
    • Ballot envelope image capturing 
      • This process has concluded
  • Voter record verification 
    • This process has concluded

Confirmation of Voting Equipment Accuracy:

  • Random selection of 1% of precincts and batches of ballots for the manual tally (11/19/2024)
  • Manual tally of the randomly selected precincts and batches of ballots 
    • This process has concluded

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Last updated November 25, 2024