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Voting Equipment

Equipment Certification Advisory Committee

The Secretary of State’s Equipment Certification Advisory Committee is appointed pursuant to A.R.S. § 16-442(A). The committee investigates and tests various types of vote recording or tabulating machines and devices then makes recommendations to the Secretary of State regarding the certification of such election equipment for use in Arizona elections.

Current members of the Election Equipment Certification Advisory Committee are:

Janine Petty (Chair) – Deputy Director of Elections, Arizona Secretary of State’s Office
Dr. Jim Helm – IT Program Chair, Arizona State University Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Peter Silverman – Attorney, Baskin Richards PLC

Notices and Agendas for Upcoming Meetings

There are no scheduled upcoming meeting of the Election Equipment Certification Advisory Committee.

Agendas and Minutes for Past Meetings

Date of Meeting	Notice & Agenda	Minutes*
10/29/2019	PDF	PDF
08/15/2019	PDF	PDF
05/20/2019	PDF	PDF
04/16/2019	PDF	PDF
02/13/2019	PDF	PDF

*Minutes not yet adopted by the committee are in draft format

Certified Voting Equipment

Current County Voting Equipment

2018 Election Cycle (PDF)

State Certified Voting Equipment

Certified Engineering Change Orders - Present (PDF)

Certified Voting Equipment 2006 – Present (PDF)

Certified Voting Equipment Before 2006 (PDF)

Live Stream of County Ballot Tabulation Centers

For any statewide, county or legislative election, the county recorder or officer in charge of elections shall provide for a live video recording of the custody of all ballots while the ballots are present in a tabulation room in the counting center.

Accessible Voting Devices Used In Each County

All polling locations and vote centers shall have an accessible voting device for use by voters with disabilities. Click below to see a PDF about the accessible voting device being used in your County.

Vote Count Verification Committee

In Arizona, hand counts are performed to verify the machine counts from a sample of precincts and early ballots from each County. The Vote Count Verification Committee meets, pursuant to A.R.S. § 16-602(K), to establish the designated margins for conducting hand counts.

The designated margins are as follows:

Early Ballots – The designated margin for early ballots is set to five votes or two percent, whichever is greater.
Polling Place – The designated margin for polling place ballots is set to three votes or one percent, whichever is greater.