Volusia County Election Security Procedures

• •Florida uses a decentralized election system where each of the 67 counties maintains its own voter registration database and voting system.
• •All voters in Volusia County cast paper ballots to allow for full election audits.
• •Electronic poll books are used in conjunction with backup paper copies at every precinct.
• •Voter registration databases and vote tabulation databases are kept on separate, independent servers.
• •The vote tabulation server operates on a closed network with no internet access.
• •Office software is patched and updated on a monthly schedule.
• •Third-party entities perform network penetration testing and monitoring.
• •All election equipment undergoes logic and accuracy testing during a public Canvassing Board meeting prior to elections.
• •Public members typically select the precincts used for logic and accuracy testing.
• •Ballot reconciliation procedures are performed multiple times daily to compare voter check-ins, ballots distributed, and votes cast.
• •Precinct totals are reconciled with composite results to confirm accuracy across all vote types.
• •A post-election audit is conducted by the Canvassing Board, involving a manual hand count of one randomly selected race in one randomly selected precinct.

This document defines the specific security protocols and audit procedures that govern how votes are cast, counted, and verified in Volusia County elections.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.