Voting System Information
- The voting system used in Clark County is Clear Ballot Group, ClearCast 1.5.1.
- All voters in Clark County vote on paper ballots. This means that voted ballots can be retabulated
if there is a need to do so. - Clark County’s voting system has ballot scanners and devices for voters with disabilities to mark
ballots privately and independently. - Each ballot scanner has a removable memory device. This memory device stores
individual and accumulated results. - The ballot marking device does not store or count votes. It simply marks the ballot.
- Clark County’s voting system has been rigorously tested by a federally accredited testing
laboratory and certified by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. The certification program
tests a voting system against federal performance and security standards. - No part of the certified voting system is connected to the Internet.
- Ballot scanners are never connected to the Internet.
- Ballot marking devices are never connected to the Internet.
- Election results are never sent via modem over telephone lines.
- Results released on election night are not official election results. The day after the election, all
memory devices are re-uploaded. This process starts the official election results process.
Duties and Responsibilities of Election Officials
- Election officials test each ballot scanner before each election. They scan a test deck with prevoted
unofficial ballots and compare the results against expected results. If the results match,
the unit can be used. - After testing, the results are deleted then election officials seal each ballot scanner and store it
in a secure location until it is securely moved to a voting location. Each scanner is sealed until it
is ready to use. - The Clark County Board of Elections has contingency plans if the ballot scanner cannot be used.
Each ballot scanner has a locked and secure place to store voted ballots that cannot be scanned
because the ballot scanner is not working.
Security Best Practices
- All local election officials receive regular security training.
- Only those election officials that need network access have access.
- All employees with network access have had background checks.
- All administrative functions in the network and ballot scanners are logged.
- Data stored on the memory devices are encrypted.
- Memory devices are assigned to a specific ballot scanner. If the ballot scanner detects a
different memory device, the ballot scanner will not accept ballots.