California exceeds federal requirements for election security. Every vote must be cast on a paper ballot or have a voter verified paper audit trail. Voting equipment used to cast and count ballots must be certified for use in California and kept offline. Elections officials conduct post-election audits, including a manual tally of a sample of ballots, after every election to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the vote count. Voters can find official, trusted election information as well as learn more about our election security safeguards, and cybersecurity efforts at sos.ca.gov/ elections/election-cybersecurity.

You can learn about election security in California from the California Secretary of State’s website HERE and the Marin County Elections Dept HERE

Note: General California election information is available HERE