Further details on County Clerk Clark’s Project Bruno Award
Key features of Project Bruno include:
- Extended Tabulator Power Resilience: Increases the duration that tabulators can operate without external power, ensuring election continuity during outages.
- Real-Time Power Loss Alerts: Immediately notifies election staff when a tabulator loses power, enabling quick response to maintain election integrity.
- GPS Tracking & Accelerometer Detection: Uses location tracking and motion sensors to detect unauthorized access, movement, or tampering, providing an additional layer of security.
- Secure & Transparent Incident Handling: Ensures rapid response to security concerns while maintaining public trust and election integrity.
- Importantly, Project Bruno does not interact with or alter the tabulation process in any way. It is solely a monitoring tool for the tabulators themselves, ensuring that election officials can respond swiftly to any potential security concerns without disrupting the vote count.
By combining technological innovation with practical election administration solutions, Project Bruno sets a national election security benchmark. The Guardian Award recognized the project’s excellence in election protection, and now, with the People’s Choice Award, election officials across the country have further validated its impact.
In addition to presenting Project Bruno at the Election Center’s February Special Workshop, Clerk Clark was also invited to speak on innovation in election operations at the Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions Spring Convening, and she recently participated in a panel on artificial intelligence in elections hosted by the National Vote at Home Institute. These invitations reflect Clerk Clark’s national leadership in election modernization and security.
Clark said, “Project Bruno proves that we can protect the process in real time while ensuring elections remain efficient and accessible. Winning both the Guardian Award and the People’s Choice Award is a testament to the strength of this initiative and its impact nationwide.”