Election Officials Say Efforts to Bolster the Voting System WorkedAfter receiving calls and emails from voters demanding that their ballots be counted by hand rather than on machines, which many activists falsely believe can be manipulated, Fred Sherman, the election chief in Johnson County, Kan., came up with a solution. Voters who raised that question in the district, Kansas’ most populous, would be given the option to place their ballot in a specially marked white envelope in a sealed red ballot bag and were given assurances that they would be hand counted.
About 300 of the 250,000 people who cast ballots in Johnson County used the red bags, Mr. Sherman said, and it appeared to solve the issue.
If you’re concerned about fraud, I’m not sure how this reassures you, but I’m glad it did. Good job figuring this out, Kansas election officials!