The Public Logic and Accuracy test for the November 4, 2025, Coordinated Election will take place beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. The anticipated completion date is Friday, October 3, 2025.
The test is open to the public in accordance with section 1-7-509(2) (b) C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 1-7-509(3) requires notice of the public test to be posted in the county for at least seven days before the test begins. Hours of the testing may vary.
Members of the public may obtain additional information about the public test beyond what is provided in this notice by contacting Angie Leath at angieleath@elpasoco.com or (719) 520-7325.
The Logic and Accuracy test consists of three components:
1. System Function Test – This part of the test requires a pre-printed test deck with known results. This allows us to be confident that a vote for every choice is tested and placed in the correct “bucket” of results. This test verifies that the election was programmed correctly by county staff in the Election Management System (EMS).
2. Hardware Function Test – This test ensures that all of the EMS hardware that will be used in the election functions properly. For example, powering devices on and off, checking that battery powered devices are holding a charge and printing from the ImageCastX ballot marking devices.
3. Integrity Check – The final part requires the party balanced testing board to select a sample of a minimum of 25 blank ballots to vote as they choose. The testing board makes a hand tally of these ballots to check against the machine count after they are tabulated on a scanner of their choosing. This test is as expansive as the testing board chooses to make it in an effort to achieve the highest confidence in the EMS vote tabulation.
Testing Dates: Wednesday, October 1 – Friday, October 3
Testing Start Time: Testing will begin at 10:00 a.m., October 1 in the Peterson Counting Room on the second floor in the Citizens Service Center – 1675 W Garden of the Gods Road