Elections office reports equipment repairs and testing timeline ahead of fall election

Marion County elections staff reported maintenance and readiness work on voting equipment at the Sept. 4 board meeting, including repairs to express-vote machines and completion of preventive maintenance on tabulators.

"We had over 50 of our express votes that needed repaired this election. All but 4 of those were able to be repaired," Patrick Becker said. He added that DS200 units and two high-speed tabulators have been maintained and are ready for testing. The office said that testing for vote-by-mail, voting equipment and e-poll books will occur over the coming weeks.

Becker said the operations center network installation is complete and security-system upgrades are under way, and that full-time 24-hour security coverage is on site through the end of November. Staff will continue testing and configuration work to meet election deadlines.