(1) The
equipment shall be inspected to determine whether it has been prepared properly
for the election at which it will be used. The following information shall be
verified:
a. The correct program cartridge or
memory card is in place for the election and the precinct or precincts in which
it will be used.
b. All counters
are set at zero before the test is begun.
(2) The commissioner shall conclude the test
not later than 12 hours before the polls open on election day. Following the
test, the tabulating equipment shall be inspected to determine that:
a. All counters have been returned to
zero.
b. All required locks or
seals are in place.
c. The
automatic tabulating equipment is ready for operation at the election.
The results tape from each scanner produced during the public
test shall be signed by the person conducting the test and by any observers
present at the test. The signers shall write their signatures at the end of the
tape where it will be detached from the machine. The tape shall be torn or cut
across the signatures, so that a portion of the signature is on the tape
remaining on the tabulating device. The test results tape, including a part of
the tester's signature, shall be retained with the appropriate test deck for
the period of time required by Iowa Code section
50.19.
(3) Test deck submitted by
observers. Any person who is present at the public test may mark ballots to be
used to test the voting equipment. The following conditions apply:
a. Not more than ten ballots may be submitted
by any person.
b. Only official
ballots provided by the commissioner at the test shall be used.
c. The observer submitting the test shall
provide a written tally of the test deck.
d. The results of the machine tabulation
shall be printed and compared with the observer's tally. If there are
differences, the cause of the discrepancy shall be determined. If the cause of
the discrepancy cannot be determined and corrected, the program or equipment
shall not be used at the election.
e. The test decks, the tally, and the printed
results of the test shall be kept with the records of the election and
preserved as required by Iowa Code section
50.19.
