Reply #8: TX: Voting equipment to be tested

[EFerrari]

Voting equipment to be tested

The Daily Sentinel

Saturday, April 19, 2008

On Wednesday, Elections Office officials will publicly test the voting equipment to ensure the machines are working properly for upcoming elections.

The test, conducted every election year, also aims to provide an opportunity for the public to witness how the machines accurately count votes.

At 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23 in the Elections Office located in the county courthouse annex building, ballot counting machines will be tested for the Garrison ISD, Cushing ISD, city of Nacogdoches, city of Garrison and city of Chireno upcoming elections.

For the test, he said the elections office receives a deck of pre-marked ballots to scan in and to vote with electronically. If the test is accurate, each item marked should have two votes by his/her name — one electronic vote and one paper ballot vote.

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