Print Bubble Ballot Test Deck
The bubble ballot test deck used for hand-marked paper ballots is printed from Election Manager.
All test deck printing features are available within the Tally tab of Election Manager under Pre-Election Features:
To print the expected test deck results, first click the Tally tab and then click View Test Ballot Deck Tally:
In the Test Ballot Deck Tally view, a list of precincts available for the election will appear. Click the name of the precinct you would like to print a test deck tally for or click All Precincts for the entire county:
Confirm the election and precinct information and click Print Results Report:
When printed, you can set aside the results report until test deck tabulation.
To print the test deck of test ballots, first click the Tally tab and then click Print Test Decks:
In the Test Deck view, a list of precincts available for the election will appear. Click the name of the precinct you would like to print a test deck for or click All Precincts for the entire county. VotingWorks recommends to print one precinct at a time (in alphabetical order) given the large size of test decks:
Confirm the election and precinct information and click Print Test Deck. If you are printing test decks for all precincts, Election Manager will show the status of the printing by precinct:
Before scanning the test deck, you'll first confirm that the Election Manager does not have any ballot results loaded by visiting the Tally tab. In this view, you'll be presented a Ballot Count by Precinct report which should read 0 for all precincts and the Total Ballot Count. To print a confirmed zero report, click View Unofficial Full Election Tally and then the green Print Report button in the subsequent screen:
Return to the Ballots tab and print two additional test ballots from any precinct. Leave one test ballot blank and mark the second test ballot as an overvote. After this stage of L&A, you should have the 5 following documents:
