Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt discusses election safeguards at a Sept. 19, 2024 panel hosted at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor. (Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance)
Bipartisan election officials from multiple battleground states met in Michigan Thursday and discussed their election day concerns and plans to make sure Election Day runs safely and smoothly.
Officials from Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania gathered in the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, for a string of panel discussions hosted by the nonpartisan group Keep our Republic, which focuses on providing education on threats to the U.S. election system and building trust in the electoral system.
Panelists began the day discussing the safeguards in place to protect from double voting, ballots being cast by dead individuals and noncitizen voters, alongside the ways they ensure accurate voting results before discussing the steps they’re taking to ensure Election Day goes smoothly for election workers, poll watchers and voters.