We might know where all the missing Dem ballots went

[reACTIONary]

19. Jeeze, not this shit again....

.... BallotProof was a collaborative effort by four students to help voters make sure their mail in ballots are compliment with the local rules and regulations before mailing them in. What, exactly is wrong with that?

It's a great idea, and I'm glad the four of them thought it up, implemented it, and won recognition for it.

https://devpost.com/software/ballotproof-vision

Introduction
With an emphasis on social distancing and remote engagement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic mail-in voting surged from 24.9% to 50.3% of ballots [1] in the 2016 and 2020 primaries, respectively. This surge will also trigger an unfortunate increase in ballots rejected due to the avoidable human error; we’ve already started to see the effects, with half a million ballots rejected [2] in the 2020 primaries. As first-time voters, this issue is extremely critical to us as our generation seeks democratic representation. In an effort to reduce rejection rates, we introduce BallotProof, a methodology built for faster, smarter, and more secure validation of ballots.

What It Does
BallotProof is built from the ground up with ease of use and security in mind. As a result, the platform was developed with a server-independent structure, with all image analysis done on the client-side to avoid any risk of data leakage. BallotProof takes in input images of the front and back sides of your ballot and uses image analysis to specifically determine which errors can prevent your critical vote from being counted. We handle everything for you from start to finish, with automatic cropping of your pictures to showing exactly which sections in which errors were made and specific templates made for your unique ballot.

Our methods are currently able to point out if you've made any of the following:

Incorrect pen colors
Blank sections
Excessive bubble fill-ins
Improper write-in format
Ban bubble fill-ins
And much more!
And all you need to do is enter your address and take pictures of two images without fear of your data being compromised!

Devrath Iyer (Stanford '24) Ethan Shaotran (Harvard '25) Koushik Sridhar (UNC '24) Pratham Soni (Stanford '24)