County election officials have already run thousands of tests to make sure vote counting machines are working properly for this year’s election. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate — the state commissioner of elections — says EVERY vote tabulator undergoes an accuracy test before each election.

The machines are NOT connected to the internet and Pate stresses that every Iowan uses a paper ballot to cast their votes.

Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald says election officials do a lot of checking on the front end, before voting starts.

The precincts are randomly selected by the secretary of state. Local election officials will be asked to do a re-count for one local race as well the presidential race.