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Snohomish County Elections will conduct the official logic and accuracy test on its ballot counting system for the August 4 Primary and Special Election at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, at the Snohomish County Elections Center, 3rd Floor, Admin West Bldg., 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. The test is open to the public. Representatives of political parties, candidates, campaigns, districts, the press, and the public are welcome to attend.
The Aug. 4 Primary winnows the field of candidates for the General Election for federal, state, judicial, and local offices. The office of political party Precinct Committee Officer (PCO) is decided in the Primary Election. The election also features local ballot measures for City of Everett, City of Stanwood, Darrington School District No. 330, Fire Protection District 15, Fire Protection District 19, Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue, Hospital District 1, and Sno-Isle Intercounty Rural Library District.
Ballot counting equipment and programming testing occurs before each election. Logic and accuracy test requirements are outlined in state law and ensure that the ballot counting system is correctly counting votes. The logic and accuracy test is witnessed by staff from the Washington Secretary of State’s Office for federal and state elections.
The logic and accuracy test involves scanning and counting a group of marked test ballots with a known set of results. The group of test ballots, called the test deck, includes valid votes for each candidate and measure response, as well as improperly marked ballots, to ensure the system correctly identifies and handles each situation. After the test deck has been processed through the ballot counting equipment, the ballot counting system results are compared to the expected results for the test deck to ensure that the results match.
Accessible voting equipment and electronic ballot duplication will be tested at 1 p.m. June 30. These tests are also open to the public.
For more election observer opportunities, visit Observe the Elections Process | Snohomish County, WA - Official Website (snohomishcountywa.gov)..
For questions, call 425-388-3444 or email elections@snoco.gov.
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