The Registrar of Voters processes are transparent and open for observation, including:
- Testing of the voting system equipment used to count ballots prior to their use in the election
- Examination of signatures on the mail ballot identification envelopes
- Removal of the ballots from the envelopes
- Counting of the ballots on high-speed, accurate ballot scanners
- Hand-counting of at least one percent of the precincts and one percent of the mail ballots to audit the accuracy of the scanners
- Testing of the voting system equipment used to count ballots after their use in the election