“There are so many checks and balances we have in place before, during, and after elections, and this is one of them right here. Today, we’re doing equipment testing – our public, logic, and accuracy testing.”
Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons joined Grand Rapids City Clerk Joel Hondorp and other election officials as they begin the voting machines testing process making sure tabulators are zeroed out, ensuring fair and accurate election results.
“All of our public, logic, and accuracy tests, as the name suggests, are open to the public. So, we want to roll out the red carpet and have members of the public, the media, campaigns, candidates come and watch the process unfold. Don’t just take my word for it.”
John Truscott observed as a representative of Pillars of the Community, a national organization seeking to bolster faith in elections by hosting conversations on both sides of the political aisle.
“What we’re doing is really recruiting people who are influential and important in the community, bringing them in to see the system, how it works, so that when they’re asked, they can, with confidence, tell people, ‘Our system is working pretty darn good.’”
Posthumus Lyons says the more the public is involved in its own local election process, the more trust is gained.
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