Confidence in the integrity of our election system is lacking for Democrat and Republican voters.  In the wake of the 2016 election, prominent Democrats including candidate Hillary Clinton claimed that the election was stolen.  Clinton is on record as having said, “You can run the best campaign, you can even become the nominee, and you can have the election stolen from you.”  In the wake of the 2020 election, prominent Republicans including candidate Donald Trump claimed that the election was stolen.  Trump has consistently expressed the assertion that he won the 2020 election but was denied victory on the basis of fraud in battleground states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin and Georgia.  A recent Rasmussen poll indicates that 54% of likely voters in the 2024 election believe that cheating is likely to affect the outcome.

At the core of the mistrust in our election system is an utter lack of transparency as to the conduct of our elections.  Fundamental election processes such as the tallying of the votes are conducted via electronic voting systems shrouded in a veil of secrecy.  Attempts to investigate what is happening behind this veil, even attempts by duly-elected clerks, have resulted in indictments, sanctioning, and even prison sentences.

How do we solve this problem?  Restore transparency by conducting an audit of the 2024 election system in all 50 states regardless of who is declared the victor in the presidential race.

That is the objective of the Election Confidence Project.