Florida’s voting equipment is set to undergo a big security health check ahead of the 2024 election. However, a top federal election official says that will not include new technology as some have suggested.

Federal and state election officials were in Fort Myers Tuesday during a big meeting focusing on election security at the Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort. It was part of the Florida Supervisor of Elections annual conference.

While there have been talks for months now about rolling out new voting technology ahead of the 2024 election, U.S. Election Assistance Commissioner Christy McCormick said her agency would not be adopting new technology for the election, instead she said current technology will get new updates.

“They’re computers. Computers have updates and that’s what we’re doing. We’re updating the standards to make sure we’re updating the technology,” McCormick stated.

She spoke to Florida’s top election officials providing assurance that the 2024 election is safe.

“There are bad actors around the world who would love nothing more than to interfere in our elections, so we work closely with our federal partners to make sure we have the best security possible,” insisted Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd.

Byrd also said he opposes calls from many Florida voters to return to counting ballots by hand.

“Show me the race in Florida that there has been a problem with the machines,” Byrd stated.

Newly appointed Collier County Supervisor of Elections Melissa Blazier said hand counting is not practical and her Southwest Florida colleagues agree.

“My question is why do you want to go back 100 years?” questioned Lee County Supervisor Tommy Doyle.

“It was somewhere around Easter when we would have actual election results making it difficult to swear in congressmen and senators in January when they take office,” noted Leah Valenti, Charlotte County Supervisor of Elections. All election supervisors agreed that turnout in 2024 is expected to be massive and they say security is top of their list.