Delete the Voting Machines !
Welcome to the Coalition of Concerned Voters of Ohio (CCVO) website. We are a grassroots organization dedicated to ensuring the integrity of our elections by getting rid of all electronic voting machines and adopting hand-marked and hand-counted paper ballots.
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No Independent Security Testing
The Ohio Secretary of State refuses to allow independent experts to inspect voting machines for security flaws found in similar machines used in other states.
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Internet Connection Denied, but Proof Withheld
Claims that machines are “air-gapped” and free from wireless modems can’t be verified -test results are classified as a state secret.
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No Transparency in Software
Voting machine software is proprietary and not tested for hidden malicious code. Forensic audits in other states have exposed vote manipulation.
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Voters Can’t Truly Verify Their Vote
Whether using touchscreens or paper ballots, voters cannot confirm that their vote was accurately recorded once scanned or converted to QR codes or machine language.
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Post-Election Audits Lack Accountability
While officials claim 99.9% audit accuracy, they denied citizens in a rural county the right to hand-count ballots - even with volunteers and no cost to taxpayers.
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If we can’t verify the machines are safe, we can’t trust the results.
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👉 Had Enough? Sign The Petition Below.
County Petition: Say "No" to Voting Machines in Your County
What Is This Petition About?
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We're gathering signatures to place a countywide vote on the ballot—giving voters in your county the choice to reject the use of electronic voting machines, marking devices, and tabulating equipment in favor of hand-marked, hand-counted ballots.
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How the Petition Process Works.
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Step-by-Step:
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Collect signatures from registered voters in your county.
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You need 2% of the number of voters from the 2022 gubernatorial election.
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Submit the petition to your County Board of Elections by August 4, 2025 to be on the November ballot.
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Use Ohio SoS Form No. 6d - Download below.
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We Need Volunteers!
We need 5 volunteers per county to act as local organizers.
Circulator Rules:
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Must witness each signature in person.
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Can submit partially filled forms (cross out blank lines and note how many signatures are included).
County Petition Status
This is our current weekly update (6/23/2025) on county-level progress toward the August 4th, 2025 petition deadline. We're working hard to place the decision about electronic voting machines on the November ballot in every Ohio county—but we can’t do it without you.
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Every county counts. If your county isn’t covered yet, we need your help to make this movement truly statewide.
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👉 Join the effort today. Sign up, lead, or share the petition in your area.
Ohio Officials Dismiss Warnings About Voting Machine Security Flaws
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Over the past year, the Coalition of Concerned Voters of Ohio (CCVO) has repeatedly raised concerns to officials about the security vulnerabilities in Ohio's voting machines. Despite these warnings, officials have shown little interest in addressing the potential risks.
Ohio Voting Machines May Not Be Secure For 2026 Election!
Although Ohio law prohibits voting machines to be connected to the internet, many of Ohio's voting machines may contain wireless modems which would allow them to be connected to the internet through mobile cellular networks.
The Ohio Board of Voting Machine Examiners (BVME) is supposed to test that the machines do not contain wireless modems, but when CCVO asked the BVME and the Secretary of State's office to provide documented proof of this, they failed to do so.
One possible conclusion is that the test wasn't done and our voting systems are in danger of being exploited by malicious actors who could manipulate our elections.
Ohio voters demand transparency!
Government Overreach: Federal Influence in Ohio's Elections
Our case study of federal overreach and how Ohio gave away its birthright to run elections.
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Breaking News
Can Hand-Counting Ballots Be Relied On To Replace The Machines?
​​​​If voting machines can't be trusted, is hand -counting paper ballots a feasible alternative?
​Those who defend keeping the voting machines say that there really isn't a suitable replacement for them. They scoff at hand-counting paper ballots as an archaic concept, saying "It would take too much time" or "It's too prone to human error." The fact is that no official in Ohio has actually done a feasibility study on hand-counting ballots to come to a rational and unbiased conclusion. It turns out that it is a time-proven concept that has been adopted by many nations in the world and was the way ballots were counted in Ohio for its first 130 years.
