Public test for the voting machine this morning. Barb and I set things up and then, since none of the public showed up, tested the machine ourselves. We voted multiple times for each candidate, wrote in some candidates, tried to vote for more than one candidate at a time (machine doesn't allow it), and made other intentional errors to make sure the machine would let the voter correct them. After that we closed the polls and checked the tally to see if it added up to how we had voted. Everything checked. Our voting machine also prints each vote on a roll of paper so we have a paper backup should something unforeseen happen. We replaced that paper roll w/ a new one, zeroed out the counts, printed a tally to show that the machine was back to a state of having no votes, and attached locks to the printer, on/off switch, and memory card. I wrote down the numbers on all of the locks and put that with the rest of the election day materials. I'll check that nothing has been tampered with before opening the polls on election day. We didn't throw away the paper roll which recorded our test votes. I took it home and burned it in the fireplace. If some malicious dumpster diver found it in the garbage and ripped off the portion showing it was a test vote, they could try to claim the voting process was somehow rigged. That sounds ridiculous but my friends have showed me various things circulating on Facebook and I've come to believe some people must be incredibly gullible.
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