Oct. 24 will bring a Zócalo Public Square election-integrity program to the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in City of Industry, timed to the day vote centers open before the midterms.
The event is designed to address voter-fraud and election-interference fears by showing how ballots are processed, secured and counted, and by examining what evidence says about election-security claims.
A 144,000-square-foot former Fry’s Electronics site now houses automatic signature-recognition machines, hundreds of ballot workers and public observation options, including an online live video feed.
The limited-capacity program is co-presented with the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, The Associated Press and ASU’s Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory, with tours and a panel featuring Kevin T. Morris and Sara Sadhwani.
California — home to the nation’s largest electorate and expanded voting access such as universal vote-by-mail — is being framed as a test case for separating legitimate security concerns from myths that undermine trust.