Delivering public 4K live streams from two election sites, with room to add 15 more, and securely retaining the recordings for the 22 months state law requires.
Snapshot
- Client: County of Kern (Kern County), California
- Sector: Government, elections
- Solution: VIDIZMO EnterpriseTube
- Coverage: Two election sites in 4K (ballot counting room, absentee processing), expandable to 15 remote ballot dropbox locations
- Streaming: Daily public live streams, 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM, across more than two months
- Compliance: 22-month secure retention required by state law
- The shift: From no public election streaming to live 4K coverage with audit-ready, long-term retention
About Kern County
Kern County works to meet its residents' needs and to change how the community sees government and its services.
The Challenge: Public Transparency for Two Major Elections
With a Primary and a Presidential General Election approaching, Kern County saw a gap in its election coverage: it had no way to live-stream election activities for the public. Transparency was a growing concern, and the county wanted to show live footage of ballot counting, absentee vote processing, and vote-by-mail handling.
Two sites mattered most: the server room where ballots are counted and a larger area for absentee ballots, each needing several 4K cameras for full coverage. The county also expected it might need to monitor 15 remote ballot dropbox locations. On top of the streaming, it had to record everything and keep it securely for 22 months to meet state regulations, so the footage would be available for future audits or reviews.
The Solution: Live 4K Coverage With Audit-Ready Retention
Kern County chose VIDIZMO EnterpriseTube for both live streaming and long-term storage. The platform covered the two critical areas, the ballot counting room and the absentee processing area, with the 4K cameras they needed, and it could expand to the 15 remote dropbox locations if required.
The county scheduled public live streams for the pre-election and post-election periods, running daily from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM so residents could watch election activities in real time. The streams were recorded at the same time and stored securely to meet the 22-month retention that state law requires. A centralized dashboard let the county monitor every feed at once without losing performance or quality.
The Results: Transparent Elections, on the Record
EnterpriseTube let Kern County open its election process to the public and keep a compliant record of it.
- The public could watch ballot counting and absentee processing live, in 4K, from two election sites.
- Coverage could expand to 15 remote dropbox locations as needed.
- Five streams ran and recorded at the same time, meeting state transparency and retention rules.
- Recordings are retained securely for 22 months for audits and reviews.
- A single dashboard handled scheduling, monitoring, and public access across more than two months.
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