Learn about Sam’s plan to restore justice, confidence and transparency to our elections.

Sam’s plan to restore integrity in our local elections.

JUSTICE

  1. Tabulation machines will be turned over to qualified individuals in the Department of Justice as evidence in multiple election crimes.

  2. Recounts of past elections will be conducted by hand where paper ballots remain in the possession of the County.

  3. Forensic audits for all elections dating back to 2020 will performed and compared to the Secretary of State’s final reporting. All anomalies will be tracked and made public.

  4. The Douglas County Elections Office will collaborate with Law Enforcement to conduct a full investigation of ballots retained by USPS in the 2024 Primary Election.

  5. The Clerk’s Office will collaborate with county, state and federal law enforcement to investigate and prosecute all election crimes.

CONFIDENCE

  1. All electronic tabulators will be immediately decommissioned.

  2. All ballots will be hand-counted at the precinct level before transport to the county elections office.

  3. The Douglas County Elections Office will maintain a stringent chain of custody for all ballots before, during and after elections.

  4. Election results will be reported by the end of election day.

  5. Optional in-person, ID confirmed, ballot return to track percentage of qualified ballots.

TRANSPARENCY

  1. The public will be granted full access to observe all election activities.

  2. Laws passed in the legislature to prevent public examination of records will be voided on constitutional grounds.

  3. Cast vote records, ballot images and other critical metrics that validate results will be made available to the public.

  4. Candidates may demand recounts of their own races in the presence of all parties.

  5. Every effort will be made to report on election results by end of election day.