County election officials have already run thousands of tests to make sure vote counting machines are working properly for this year’s election. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is the state commissioner of elections, and he says every vote tabulator undergoes an accuracy test before each election.
The machines are NOT connected to the internet and Pate stresses that every Iowan uses a paper ballot to cast their votes.
Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald says election officials do a lot of checking on the front end, before voting starts.
The precincts are randomly selected by the secretary of state. Local election officials will be asked to do a re-count for one local race as well the presidential race.
