With voting machine safety within the information once more lately, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner reminds us Mountain State voters have already got purpose to be assured voting is safe right here — as a result of election officers have been following the protocols which may be missing elsewhere.

Because the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company took a have a look at safety points with Dominion voting machines, it discovered 9 “separate and distinct safety vulnerabilities recognized in digital voting machines utilized in 16 states, manufactured by Dominion Voting Programs,” based on Warner’s workplace. (It’s necessary to grasp the existence of vulnerabilities is NOT the identical as a declare that these vulnerabilities had been exploited).

Upon finishing its investigation, nevertheless, CISA issued suggestions together with robust chain-of-custody protocols, tabulation audits, and pre/post-election testing. These issues are already taking place right here.

“The poll marking units create a paper poll to be verified by the voter for every vote solid in individual,” Warner stated. “These paper ballots are essential for guaranteeing the integrity of West Virginia’s elections by offering the means to conduct hand-count audits in each county to verify votes all the best way right down to the precinct stage.”

In actual fact, his workplace has been out entrance on many election accessibility and safety points, and throughout the 2022 Major Election, the state launched “end-to-end voting verification,” which helped get rid of boundaries to voting whereas offering election safety.

Right here within the Mountain State, we have now little purpose to fret about our elections, as Warner’s workplace has been vigilant in searching for methods to ensure each West Virginian is ready to train his or her privilege to vote; and that they will accomplish that with the reassurance that these votes are safe.

“Confidence in West Virginia elections by West Virginia voters has by no means been greater,” Warner stated. “By working intently with legislative leaders from each events and with all 55 county clerks we have now put West Virginia into the highest 10 states in voter confidence all through the U.S.”

Isn’t it good to know, that no less than in relation to our elections, we’re forward of the sport, and different states are working to catch up?