Observers press Delaware County for clearer rules on logic-and-accuracy testing and ballot processing transparency

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Multiple residents and voter groups urged the county to loosen observation restrictions during logic-and-accuracy testing, allow limited close viewing and photographs of non-sensitive displays, publish BlueCrest sorter counts and chain-of-custody data, and expand return-board scrutiny of mail ballots.

A swarm of public commenters at the April 11 Delaware County Board of Elections meeting urged changes to observation policies for election operations, testing and ballot processing and pressed county staff for more public data on mail‑ballot handling.

Speakers including Scott Thomas, Joy Schwartz of the League of Women Voters of Central Delaware County and independent observers asked the county to allow up to three representatives from an organized group to observe logic-and-accuracy (L&A) testing — citing what they said was a state law entitlement — to permit brief close viewing of machine displays during a test cycle, and to allow photography where unrelated to chain‑of‑custody codes. Thomas and others specifically requested routine hash-code checks and test procedures be visible to observers.

Several observers also described perceived discrepancies during processing at the county’s mail‑ballot facility (the Wharf) and asked for more visible sorting and count…

Observers press Delaware County for clearer rules on logic-and-accuracy testing and ballot processing transparency

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