Audit Plan

Audit Plan Sarasota County Florida November 13 - TBD, 2006 Note: This audit plan may change in response to the in-process audit findings. Activities that require access to the deployed equipment will be performed upon completion of the recount process. Opening meeting Purpose and scope Team introduction Available resources Audit transparency Audoverview Examination of the precinct count equipment Examination of the central count equipment Verification of the election management system (ES&S Unity Voting System) software Examination of the Sarasota County’s elections security procedures and activities Parallel tests (simulations of election day voting) Closeout meeting Precinct Count Examination Obtain the following: Precinct list List of voting devices at each precinct Equipment tracking logs for election media / equipment Zero and results tapes for all the voting devices (original and recount) Number of spoiled ballots that occurred at each precinct, if any Number of provisional ballots issued at each precinct, if any Examine precinct voter rolls Manually count number of voter signatures Examine precinct zero tapes Verify counters are zero Note the time/date stamp & signatures Examine precinct results tapes Verify the public count from the protective counts using the zero and results tapes Note the time/date stamp & signatures on the results tape Examine precinct results and precinct voting equipment ...