CCTV, zip ties and election watchers: How US mail-in votes are secured and counted
CCTV, zip ties and election watchers: How US mail-in votes are secured and counted.
CCTV, zip ties and election watchers: How US mail-in votes are secured and counted.
Key points
- Ahead of the US midterm elections on 3 November, President Trump continues to create unsubstantiated claims that mail-in voting leads to widespread fraud.
- BBC Verify visited an election centre in Maryland to obtain a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots are processed and counted.
- US states have different voting rules and regulations – but every state allows some postal voting, a method the president notes he has employed previously.
What happened
BBC Verify visited an election centre in Maryland to obtain a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots are processed and counted. Produced by Mabel Pickering. Graphics by Sally Nicholls.
The bottom line
Taken together, the developments around CCTV, zip ties and election watchers: How US mail-in votes are secured point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
