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Morgantown election staff conduct public logic-and-accuracy test of voting machines
Summary
Election staff in Morgantown ran a public logic-and-accuracy test using five sample ballots to confirm machines block overvotes, accept blanks and write-ins, and to demonstrate review and retention procedures under state code.
Morgantown election staff conducted a public logic-and-accuracy test of voting machines and paper ballots during a meeting, demonstrating that the machines prevented overvotes and that test ballots will be retained under state code, staff said.
The test covered five sample ballots to exercise common conditions election workers expect on Election Day: preventing overvotes, accepting blank ballots, and recording write-in votes. Staff member 1, election staff, said the test was designed so “you cannot over vote, that you're allowed to vote blank, that you can do a write in if you so choose.”
Officials said they…
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