Section 9-5 - Preparation, Testing, Sealing and Certification of DREs (a) Preparation and testing of the DRE units may begin after the official ballot has been programmed, proofed, and the visual and audio databases are accepted by the County Clerk. - (i) Preparation.
- (A) Memory Cards. One memory card shall be created from the accepted database for each DRE to be used in the election. A master memory card shall be created and secured by the County Clerk.
- (B) Voter Access Cards. All voter access cards shall be cleared prior to use in testing or the election. All access cards used for testing shall be cleared prior to election day.
- (ii) Testing.
- (A) Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). The VVPAT printer shall be tested according to manufacturer requirements and procedures established by the County Clerk. Each printer module shall be supplied with a fresh roll of paper following testing and prior to election day.
- (B) Public Test. The County Clerk shall notify in writing, as specified in W.S. 22-10-108, the chairman of each political party and all independent candidates informing them of the date, time, and place for testing the voting machines. The political party representatives and representatives of independent candidates may be present at the testing of the voting machines. Other witnesses may also be present.
- (C) Voting machines shall be tested for the following:
- (I) Affirmation that a voter can change his candidate choice before casting his vote;
- (II) Affirmation that a voter cannot over vote;
- (III) Affirmation that votes are accurately counted;
- (IV) Affirmation that the VVPAT prints a record for each vote cast;
- (V) Affirmation that a hard copy of the image of each vote cast by a voter can be created, independent of the VVPAT record; and
- (VI) Affirmation that the audio is clearly recorded, understandable, and usable with the touch pad.
- (iii) Sealing and Securing the DREs. Following the public test and prior to dispatching the DREs to the polling locations, the following inventory and security precautions shall be taken:
- (A) The serial number of the DRE shall be listed on the inventory.
- (B) The number of the seal on the memory card access door shall be noted on the inventory and testing certificate.
- (C) The memory card access door shall be locked and sealed with a pre-numbered, non removable seal.
- (D) The DRE's counter shall be set to zero (0000) and noted on the testing certificate.
- (E) Each machine testing certificate shall be signed by the County Clerk and representatives of each major political party, if any, that are present for the public test and kept on file in the County Clerk's Office for a minimum of 22 months or until any election contest affected by the ballots has been terminated.
- (F) The County Clerk may require all witnesses to the public test to sign an attendance sheet that attests to their presence and witnessing of the testing of the voting systems equipment.
- (G) The access door to the memory card shall be sealed with a pre-numbered, non removable seal that shall only be removed by the election judges on election day at the time the DRE is activated for voting.
- (H) All DREs shall be stored in a secure facility, meeting manufacturer's specifications, with controlled access to only authorized personnel.