Preston Maness ☭<p><a href="https://ballotverifier.tarrantcountytx.gov/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ballotverifier.tarrantcountytx</span><span class="invisible">.gov/</span></a></p><p>>The Ballot Verifier allows members of the general public to enjoy access to every single cast ballot in every Tarrant County election as far back as November 7, 2023.</p><p>Holy Fucking Shit that's fucking awesome! That's exactly the way it oughta be done! You can literally get PDF scans of the actual paper ballots, yo:</p><p><a href="https://ballotverifier.tarrantcountytx.gov/ballot/9E2C70DF-7706-47AA-88ED-C871BB6F96F2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ballotverifier.tarrantcountytx</span><span class="invisible">.gov/ballot/9E2C70DF-7706-47AA-88ED-C871BB6F96F2</span></a></p><p>All you need in order to validate your own ballot is, presumably, that GUID in the URL. Sadly, it isn't in the QR code, at least not plainly/obviously. Having an easy way to confirm your ballot after-the-fact would be a big win for voter confidence.</p><p>I mean, *technically*, if you recorded your QR code prior to depositing the paper ballot (spoiler, I did :D), then you could, conceivably, download every ballot, scan every qr code, and then find *your* qr code in the pile to validate that your ballot was properly marked. But that would be a bunch more work.</p><p>With this data, conceivably, *anyone* can validate, from the *ballot level*, that the election was fairly counted.</p><p>You know what? I'mma do it for the upcoming May 2025 election.</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenData</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Tarrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrant</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/FortWorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortWorth</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/dfw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dfw</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a></p>