Need guards at the boxes or we are gonna need fireproof boxes. We could just have the boxes manned like the scanners are and be sure the ballots are scanned into the database when dropped off so the vote is cast and the paper is just for records.
Fireproof boxes wouldn’t help; an incendiary device was placed inside the box.
I seem to recall that at least some boxes in AZ have fire suppression. It’s not impossible.
Both of these boxes also had fire suppressants in them. The one in Portland worked, which is why they only lost a few ballots. The one in Vancouver did not work.
Guards are a terrible idea. Voter intimidation anyone?
We absolutely have the tech for fireproof boxes though.
So, my wife is an elected precinct committee person and last election we were tasked with watching a ballot box to make sure nothing went wrong and nobody was intimidated.
We parked on the other side of the street about a block down and just… watched.
It was fine!
But it was also only on the very last day…
That’s neat, but not really what comes to mind when I hear “guards.”
Were you two prepared to intervene if someone started lighting the box on fire?
That already happens when you vote in person. It’s scanned into the machine.
In a highly-controlled and staffed room where no one is allowed recording equipment. This is an external box with no staff. You either need a camera for security (which would connect the counting of the vote with the video’s timestamp) or forego one (which allows for illegal ballot stuffing)
