The importance of ballots and secure ballot handling cannot be understated. The security of ballots is one of the most important areas of voting security and is one of the most impactful areas of the overall integrity of elections. The risk of illegal access to ballots, the casting of illegal ballots, and the disenfranchisement of legal voters drop considerably as each of the policies, processes, procedures, and measures outlined below are implemented, monitored, and strictly enforced. State, County, and Local laws require 100% of ballots to be paper ballots that legal voters mark by hand to record their vote. State, County, and Local laws do not allow sole possession or single political party possession of a ballot or group of ballots, other than by a voter who is casting their vote legally. State, County, and Local laws require tracking of every ballot's chain of custody from creation to preservation and every hand in between. State, County, and Local laws require the ballot chain of custody tracking record to include the date and time the ballot is received, the name and signature of recipients, the muli-partisan-balanced observers' names and signatures, the purpose for custody, as well as the observance video camera ID during the entire time of possession. Citizen observation of this activity is assured by law in order to protect the interest of every citizen who votes. State and Local laws require partisan-balanced observation of 100% of ballot creation, distribution, and collection activities. If you are a candidate on the ballot, then your party has a right to observe end-to-end ballot handling. State and Local laws require all ballots to be marked with a (UBID) Unique Ballot Identification for ballot management, tracking, anti-counterfeiting, and anti-harvesting measures. State and Local laws require every UBID to have a detailed Chain of custody record that includes full detailed tracking from creation to the counting of votes cast on the ballot and the preservation storage of the ballot following the election. State and Local laws require pools of UBID to be restricted to use within a single district or precinct. State law requires strict Anti-ballot-harvesting, anti-ballot-trafficking, and anti-ballot-counterfeiting measures. State law imposes severe imprisonment and large fines for individuals found guilty of illegal ballot activities. State, County, and Local laws require all Early-Voter-Ballots to be picked up by hand at the time and location of voting and during designated partisan-balanced observation hours. State, County, and Local laws require all Absentee-Voter-Ballots that cannot be picked up by hand to be shipped via USPS Registered mail with a detailed chain of custody record. State, County, and Local officers investigate absentee voter registrations when an Absentee-Ballot is returned undeliverable by the post office. State, County, and Local laws require Absentee Ballots received before election day to remain in the envelope with identity verification records until election day under the control of partisan balanced observation and strict chain of custody measures. State, County, and Local laws do not permit Absentee Ballots to be received greater than 14 days before election day, with no exceptions. State, County, and Local laws require all legally qualified Absentee Ballots received by USPS Registered mail to arrive before the close of polls on election day, with no exception. State, County, and Local laws require any ballots not hand-delivered to the designated partisan balanced observance location by the voter or not delivered via USPS Registered mail with a detailed Chain of Custody recorded to be deemed unlawful and not counted or entered into the election results.