Keeping your mail-in ballots safe

Keeping your mail-in ballots safe

WITH ELECTIONS, I WANT YOUTO KNOW THAT OUR ELECTIONBOARD SECRETARY GWENFREEMAN, AFTER SPEAKING WITHBOTH THE LOCAL AND STATEPOSTAL OFFICIALS, ISABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT THEREWILL NOT BE ANY ISSUES WITHTHE DELIVERY OF ABSENTEEBALLOTS FOR NEXT TUESDAYSELECTION..

NOR FOR NOVEMBERTHIRD'S ELECTION."YOU HEARD IT.

STRAIGHT FROMTULSA COUNTY COMMISSIONERKAREN KEITH.

BUT WE ALSOWENT TO THE SOURCE TO FINDOUT WHAT GOES IN TO MAKINGSURE A RECORD BREAKINGNUMBER OF ANSENTEE BALLOTSARE SAFE AND SECURE.2 WORKS FOR YOU'S SIERRAPIZARRO SPOKE WITH GWENFREEMAN, SECRETARY OF THETULSA COUNTY ELECTIONBOARD... IN OUR DECISION20-20 COVERAGE.THEY'VE FUNNELED LINES OFEARLY VOTERS IN AND OUT OFHERE.

WHAT THEY'RE ALSO BUSYWITH, THE LAST TWO WEEKS, ISPROCESSING TUBSOF INCOMING ABSENTEEBALLOTS.

THEY ASSURESECURITY.

THE MOMENT MAIL ISBROUGHT THROUGH THESE DOORS."Came to vote.

I've beenvoting early for quite awhile.""It was either this ormail-in."FREEMAN: "There's a lot offolks who can't get out andvote in person or don't feelcomfortable voting inperson." GWEN FREEMAN SAYS.THEY MAILED OUT A RECORDNUMBER OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS,LAST AND THIS MONTH in tulsacounty?

5 TIMES HIGHER THANthe last election in (datehere) LOADS OF THEM AREDELIVERED HERE EVERY DAY.EACH LETTER HOLDING A BALLOTIS OPENED AND CHECKED FORMISTAKES."Please read theinstructions, you have tosign that document - theaffidavit that's there.

Alot of people are forgettingto sign it." ALSO FORGETTINGTO GET IT NOTARIZED.

ORINCLUDING A VALID I-D COPY.USUALLY, THE TULSA COUNTYELECTION BOARD HAS ABOUT A2% REJECTION RATE ONABSENTEE BALLOTS.

SO FAR.THEY'RE BELOW 2%.

FREEMAN'SCONFIDENT THE PROBABILITY OFVOTER FRAUD IS EVEN LOWER."It does concern me.Hopefully it won't happen,but you never know!" WELL,IT'S SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLEWITH THE BOARD'S PROTOCOLS.FREEMAN: "The safetybackups, the backups to thebackups that we have, thepaper ballot backups that wehave, the fact that ourmachines are not connectedto the internet and can't behacked.

They're standalonedevices." HOWEVER YOU VOTE.EACH BALLOT IS PUT IN ONE OFTHESE.

AND LOCKED UP TIMESTHREE.

THERE'S A CHAIN OFCUSTODY.

THREE DIFFERENTBOARD MEMBERS KEEP A KEY.AND A SHERIFF'S DEPUTYENSURES BALLOTS ARE LOCKEDIN.VOTERS CAN HAND-DELIVERABSENTEE BALLOTS ANY TIMEBEFORE ELECTIONDAY.

WITH AN I-D.

LOOKINGAHEAD - THE ELECTION BOARDIS FULLY STAFFED FOR THISAUGUST ELECTION.

BUT SAYTHEY'LL NEED A LOT OFVOLUNTEERS FOR NOVEMBER'S.IN TULSA.

I'M SIERRAPIZARRO.

2 WORKS FOR YOU.