Key Findings   

1. Sonoma County Registrar of Voters (ROV) consistently administers California state laws,      but those laws we have found weaken our election system integrity and reduce                      voter trust.

2. The passage of those laws has revealed major vulnerabilities, including SB 450 in 2016      gave us The Voters Choice Act and in 2021 AB 37 requires all active registered voters        receive a ballot in the mail.

3. There is no Voter I.D. required to verify a voter, nor verification of citizenship.  

4. Live signatures when ballots are cast in a Vote Center are not verified.

5. Increased use of voting machines at Vote Centers and lack of required testing of these          machines and printers further weaken the ability to detect errors or fraud.

6. The complexities of these systems, laws and policies have led to a delay in counting              ballots and reporting of election results.

7. Citizens are entitled, by law, to be able to observe elections.  The observability of                  Sonoma County ballot processing at the Registrar of Voters' office has declined since            operations moved to a new location.