a. The City Clerk shall test the vote tabulating equipment and programs to determine that the equipment and programs will correctly count the votes cast for all offices and on all ballot measures. This test shall be conducted within the time set forth in the Official Election Procedures Manual that the Arizona Secretary of State is required by law to prescribe. The test shall be open to representatives of the candidates, the press, and the public. The test shall be conducted by processing a pre-audited group of ballots marked with a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each ballot measure. The test shall include for each office one or more ballots marked with votes in excess of the number allowed by law in order to test the ability of the vote tabulating equipment and programs to reject such votes. If any error is detected, the cause shall be determined and corrected and an errorless count shall be made before the vote tabulating equipment and programs are approved. The City Clerk shall file with the Secretary of State a copy of any revised program within forty-eight hours after any revision is made. If it is determined that any error was created by a malfunction of the vote tabulating equipment, The City Clerk shall correct the malfunction and shall file with the Secretary of State, within forty-eight hours after correcting the malfunction, a report stating the cause of the malfunction and the corrective action taken. All programs and test ballots used for the test shall be sealed and retained in the same manner as the official ballots. The City Clerk shall publish notice of the time and place of the test in a newspaper of general circulation throughout the City at least forty-eight hours prior to the test.

b. The city clerk shall test accessible voting devices to be used at early or accessible voting locations within the time set forth in the Official Election Procedures Manual that the Arizona Secretary of State is required by law to prescribe. (Ord. No. G-5390, § 1, 2009)