EAC outlines certification paperwork, audits, and post-certification recordkeeping

The presenter said that before certification officials must include all valid ballots—mail ballots, ballots from military and overseas voters, and accepted provisional ballots—and, where required by state rules, perform audits, recounts, or retabulations. The training advised creating a checklist of documents the certifying authority will sign or need to review, such as precinct-level voting summaries, contest-specific results, cumulative vote totals, and signature pages.