In the country, only one jurisdiction, in Arizona's Maricopa County, accepts ballots that have been sent to the post office's processing center.
In Arizona, the county's election office takes in mail-in ballots and distributes them to its vendor, Runbeck Election Services.
All of the mail-in ballots that were collected during the election are handled by Runbeck. The ballots that were dropped off or mailed are stored at the company's headquarters. Since the ballots are at the vendor's facility, the county doesn't know how many of them are in its possession.
According to the county's officials, Runbeck is their vendor due to their high-speed scanners. Each batch of ballots is scanned and then created a digital image of the envelope signature area. If the signatures don't match, the election office then informs Runbeck. The company then delivers the bad envelopes to the MCTEC, which is 6 miles away.
The process of batch scanning is repeated until all of the mail-in ballots are scanned at Runbeck. This usually takes around 10 days following the election. The ballots are then delivered to the election office by Runbeck vans.
The machines used by the county's election office can process around 40,000 to 50,000 ballots an hour. They can also automatically check the signatures using software developed by Parascript.
However, they still use a manual process to review the signatures.
The machines used by the county's election office cost around $1 million each. In 2022, Detroit purchased a similar machine. However, since the county still continues to use Runbeck, it's not feasible for them to bring all of this equipment into their own facility.
This is a travesty.
The preceding is a summary of an article that originally appeared on GATEWAY PUNDIT.
