VxSuite User Manual - v4
  • VotingWorks Overview
  • VxAdmin System Setup
    • VxAdmin Hardware Setup
    • Configure VxAdmin
    • Save Election Package
    • Smart Cards and User Roles
    • USB Formatting
    • VxAdmin Diagnostics
    • Unlocking & Locking
    • VxAdmin Printer FAQs
  • VxAdmin Error Messages
  • VxScan
    • Configure VxScan
    • Printer Management
    • Scanner Management
    • VxScan Diagnostics
    • VxScan Error Messages
    • Additional Poll Worker Actions
    • Additional VxScan Settings
  • Logic & Accuracy Pre-Election Testing
    • L&A Overview
    • L&A Cleanup
    • Setup Inspection
  • Election Day Guides
    • VxScan Setup
    • Opening Polls
    • Assisting Voters
    • Closing Polls
    • Packing Up VxScan
  • Election Night Guides
    • Tally Results
    • Write-In Adjudication
    • Manual Tallies
    • Reports
    • Mark Results as Official
  • After Election Night
    • Retaining & Removing Election Files
    • Post-Election Audit Resources
  • Checklists
    • Overview
    • New Hampshire Checklists
    • Pre-Election Setup Checklist
    • L&A Testing Checklist
    • Poll Worker Checklist
    • Election Night Checklist
  • Miscellaneous
    • Signed Hash Validation
    • Setting Date & Time
    • Operational Environment
    • Seal Recommendations
    • Supply List
  • VxCentralScan
    • VxCentralScan Hardware Setup
    • Configure VxCentralScan
    • Central Scanning
    • Election Night Checklist - VxCentralScan
    • Retaining and Removing Files - VxCentralScan
    • VxCentralScan Diagnostics
  • VxCentralScan Error Messages
  • VxMark
    • VxMark Hardware Setup
    • Configure VxMark
    • Open and Close Polls
    • Voting Sessions
    • Voting Session Language & Settings
    • Packing Up VxMark
    • VxMark Error Messages
    • VxMark Diagnostics
    • Retaining and Removing Files - VxMark
    • VxMark Checklist
  • System Maintenance Manual
    • Maintenance Overview
    • VxAdmin & VxCentralScan Maintenance Manual
    • VxScan Maintenance Manual
    • VxMark Maintenance Manual
    • Approved Parts List
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  1. After Election Night

Retaining & Removing Election Files

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Retaining Election Files

After certification of an election and before configuring a new election, all election files and data should be saved and the election package removed from the previous election.

VotingWorks recommends retaining the following files after each election:

Ballots should have been secured post-tabulation. Follow state guidelines to ensure proper retention.

All election data should be retained for at least 22 months in the following storage conditions:

  • Temperature: 5C-40C (41F-104F)

  • Relative humidity: 5% to 85%, non-condensing

All VotingWorks paper records and USB drives are specified to last at least 22 months when stored in these conditions.

VxAdmin

To save the recommended VxAdmin files, follow these steps when logged in as an election manager:

Next select Settings from the side menu and Save Logs. Machine log files are saved in the /logs folder on the USB drive.

VxScan CVR Files

Removing Election Files

In VxAdmin, log in with a system administrator card, select Election from the side menu and select Unconfigure Machine.

In VxScan, log in with an election manager card and select Unconfigure Machine.

VxScan CVRs include the VxScan's CVRs and ballot images. The log file contains the logs. To save the VxScan files, without the ballot box and follow the following steps:

Log files contain records of user interactions with the machine (e.g., election officials and poll workers unlocking the machine, voters casting ballots, etc.) as well as internal system information (e.g., the status of paper running through the scanner, errors, etc.). .

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A detailed description for each event in the log can be found in Github