Actual Vote

Democracy Counts

About this app

The Actual Vote app doesn't represent a government entity. America Counts, the makers of this app, also are not a government entity. We are a non-profit non-partisan election transparency organization.

Actual Vote lets you make video recordings of election poll tapes — the long strips of paper printed by tabulating machines that contain publicly viewable government information like precinct names and vote totals.

How it works:
1. Sign in and select your state.
2. Access a publicly posted poll tape at your local voting precinct.
3. Use the app to record a video of the poll tape from top to bottom.
4. Your recording is automatically uploaded, reviewed by our team, and — once approved — published on https://av.democracycounts.org.
5. Manage, play back, and keep track of all your recordings in the app.

Key features:
• Record poll tape videos directly from the app with camera, audio, and location tagging
• Automatic upload to America Counts for expert review
• Manage and review your recordings in "My Recordings"
• Save a backup copy to your device's photo library • State-specific guidance to help you get started

About us:
Actual Vote is made by America Counts, an initiative of Democracy Counts, Inc. — a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan election transparency organization. We are not a government entity and are not affiliated with or funded by any government agency.

Legal & privacy:
• Privacy Policy: https://americacounts.us/privacy-policy/ • User Agreement: https://americacounts.us/actual-vote-user-agreement/
• Terms & Conditions: https://av.democracycounts.org/TermsAndConditions

Learn more about poll tape access at https://americacounts.us/make-your-actual-vote-plan/ and legality at https://americacounts.us/using-actual-vote-is-legal/.

Ratings and reviews

Left a review, but it somehow disappeared 🤨. This works up until it's time to record video, but I get a video processing error after tapping ✔️ to upload. I have 8 video clips that's sitting in limbo. I'm not sure if it can be seen on the developers end, or whoever is suppose to be collecting the videos. But, from my end it shows 8 clips just sitting there w/the upload symbol, which u can't click bc the retry error msg is in front. Each time I hit retry, everything disappears, and repeat.

Americans can now crowdsource election audit data that is good enough to trust when the data is consistent with the official results, and good enough to take to court when the data does not agree with official results. In exchange for a few minutes of training in how to video a poll tape, and then about 15 minutes actually shooting the videos, you can verify that votes are being reported accurately. No petition or street demonstration can accomplish this.

What’s new

6.1.1 release includes:
- A variety of small bug fixes & improvements
- Performance improvements on navigation
- Streamlined login from record button
- Better navigation after recording (land on my recordings page)
- Better error handling on failed uploads & retries