Reply #51: We aren't trained to make any calebrations.

[Virginian]

If a machine breaks or doesn't function as it should, we have to take it out of service. We can still get the votes off of it at the end of the day, but we don't use it unless a technician comes in to adjust it. No machine leaves the polling place during the election. No one works on a machine at the polls without the proper credentials and double verification of credentials.

Everything is verified and witnessed by election workers of two flavors and can also be witnessed by party poll watchers of any party. The number of votes on the machine must be the same after it is fixed as before it is fixed. Any replacement machine brought in to the polling place must always have the counter set to zero.

The total number of votes on the machines must equal the total number of voters who have checked in at the pollbooks. Several counts are taken throughout the day.