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Data Controls For Entry Of Precinct Protocols Into The State Automated System (SAS)

The following is a description of the data controls programmed into the SAS which serve as an internal check on the figures entered onto the protocols by the Polling Station Election Commissions and subsequent data entry. They relate to internal reasonableness and accuracy tests regarding the figures entered for each line number on the Precinct Protocols related to the accountability for ballot usage.

a)	(Line 2) # of ballots provided to the polling site commission		=
		(Line 3) # of ballots given to voters at the polling station on election day
	+	(Line 4) # of ballots given to voters voting outside the polling station
	+	(Line 5) # of unused ballots
	(Line 2 = Line 3 + Line 4+ Line 5)
b)	(Line 6) # of ballots of standard form found in stationary ballot box(es)
	+	(Line 7) # of ballots of standard form in mobile ballot box(es)
	_	(Line 3) # of ballot given to voters at the polling station
	+	(Line 4) # of ballots given to voters voting outside the polling station.
	(Line 6 + Line 7 _ Line 3 + Line 4)
c)	(Line 6) # of ballots of standard form found in stationary ballot box(es)
	+	(Line 7) # of ballots of standard form in mobile ballot box(es)
	=	(Line 8) total # of valid ballots
	+	(Line 9) total # of invalid ballots.
	(Line 6 + Line 7 = Line 8 + Line 9)
d)	(Line 8) total # of valid ballots
	=	(Line(s) 12) the total of the multiple entries reflecting the # of votes cast for each candidate
	+	(Line 13) # of votes cast «Against All Candidates»
	(Line 8 = Line 12 + Line 13)