Precinct committeeman, poll worker, ballot counter, and proud citizen Kathleen Harrell delivered a clear message to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors:
“Precinct-based voting and counting allows the citizens to actively participate in the election. When the money that is spent on elections goes to the citizens instead of the owner of a large company… the community wins, the state wins.”
Watch her full remarks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=409r6-8GX9A
Harrell called for returning power to the people:
- Citizen ID
- Precinct voting
- Hand counts
She reminded the Board that America’s strength is in its citizens and communities — not in outsourcing elections to massive out-of-state vendors. Every dollar spent locally on poll workers and hand counts comes back through taxes and stronger communities.
“Give us back our ballots and the elections… Invest in the people.”
This is common-sense election integrity. When citizens are directly involved in counting their own votes at the precinct level, transparency skyrockets and trust is restored. Hand counting isn’t radical — it’s how elections were run for most of American history, and many people (including Kathleen) are already trained and ready to do it.
The Board keeps pushing expensive, centralized systems while the public keeps asking for simple, observable, accountable processes. The people are offering solutions: invest in your own citizens instead of distant contractors.
Times have changed. More Americans are waking up to the reality that secure elections require public participation — not blind trust in machines and corporations.
Share this video. Demand the Board invest in the people, not the system.
It is Our Duty.
Stay vigilant.
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