Idaho’s Ada County launched an election transparency tool, Ballot Verifier, in April 2024 which allows users to access every ballot cast in the county since 2022.
Ballot Verifier allows users to view contest results, images of ballots and voting records for over 680,000 ballots, according to the Ada County Elections Office.
The tool does not reveal voters’ personal information, the Idaho Capital Sun reported.
The program was pioneered by a Republican, Trent Tripple, who previously worked in the County Clerk’s office, according to The New York Times. (RELATED: Group Helped Push Thousands Of Fraudulent Ballots, According To Arizona Election Officials)
“I was tired of everybody questioning elections in Idaho,” Tripple told the outlet. “The idea is to get the vast majority of people back into this bucket of trusting elections.”
The 271,186 ballots cast in the county Nov. 5…
