Delaware Code Title 15. Elections § 5523. Logic and accuracy testing of absentee ballot tabulating equipment;  authority of the State Election Commissioner

(1) All machines are thoroughly tested immediately following maintenance and programming thereof to determine whether:

(2) Any machine deemed unsatisfactory shall be recoded, repaired, or replaced and shall be retested;

(3) Machines are publicly tested prior to use to ascertain that they will correctly count votes cast for all offices and all measures in the upcoming election;

(4) Public notice of public tests is given at least 7 days prior to the tests being conducted;

(5) The resetting and sealing of each publicly tested machine is witnessed by the election officials, representatives of the political parties, and any candidates or candidate representatives who were in attendance;

(6) Each publicly tested machine is secured following the test in a state of readiness until the day of the election;  and

(7) Records are kept of all pre-election testing of each absentee ballot tabulating machine which shall be present and available for inspection and reference during public pre-election testing of that machine by any person in attendance during such testing.