ballot security
Election integrity measures
Ballot security refers to measures protecting the integrity of voting—preventing fraud, ensuring accurate counting, and safeguarding ballots from tampering or destruction.
The term has become politically charged, as some use ballot security to justify restrictions critics call voter suppression, while others cite it defending legitimate safeguards: The new ballot security measures require photo ID at polling places.
- election lawsBallot box legislation
- drop boxSecured collection container
- election monitorsVoting process supervisors
- tamper-evident sealsPackaging showing unauthorized access
- paper trailDocumentary evidence chain
audit trails · signature verification · whistleblower protections · physical barriers · chain link fence · penetration testing · surveillance cameras · risk assessment · firewalls · voter ID · digital signatures · two-factor authentication · encryption algorithms · election observers · poll watcher · chain of custody
- electionsvoter registration, candidates, polls, election day, voters
- political dysfunctionmisrule, tyranny, authoritarianism, dictatorship, despotism
ballot securityvoter suppression
Tactics discouraging ballot access
voter disenfranchisement · voter intimidation · electoral manipulation · poll taxes · voter ID laws
ballot securityelection fraud
Illegal manipulation of voting
ballot tampering · voter fraud · vote rigging · ballot stuffing · electoral corruption
ballot securityvoting access
Ability to participate electorally
universal suffrage · voter registration drives · mail-in voting · early voting
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