All voting equipment must be tested prior to being used in the election. Election officials conduct Logic & Accuracy Testing in each city and county in the Commonwealth. Some cities and counties have separate sessions to test early voting equipment and election day voting equipment.
This year, because of the late deadline for third-party presidential candidates to qualify for the ballot, designing, proofing and printing ballots has been delayed, so there's limited time before voting begins on September 20 to conduct Logice & Accuracy Testing.
Registrars must notify local party chairs of the date, time, and location of L&A Testing and give them an opportunity for the party to have an observer. Observation is a critical party of our Protect the Vote program.
There are several files you can download here. The most important is the VA L&A Guide & Report. It provides instructions for observers at L&A Testing and a form on which to report the results.
There's also a short section from Chapter 4 of the General Registrar and Electoral Board (GREB) Handbook that discusses L&A Testing (GREB 4.8 Extract) and a Quick Start Guide to L&A Testing produced by the Election Assistance Commission (Logic_and_Accuracy_Testing_EAC_Quick_Start_Guide_508).