Election officials must maintain the chain of custody for ballots, voting machines, and other equipment to ensure the integrity of the election.

Digital vs. Physical Evidence: What’s Different? Until relatively recently, courts mostly dealt with physical evidence. The standards for preserving and documenting physical items are well-established ...

For instance, in Allegheny County, chain of custody forms are used to verify how many used and unused ballots poll workers are returning to county officials, Voye said. Officials also check the seals ...

Police escorts, sealed containers and chain of custody documentation: These are some of the measures that Pennsylvania counties take to secure ballots while they are transported from polling places to ...

Police escorts, sealed containers and chain of custody documentation: These are some of the measures that Pennsylvania counties take to secure ballots while they are transported from polling places to ...

A variety of measures are taken to make sure ballots are secured as they head from polling places to county facilities at close on Election day. Police escorts, sealed containers and chain of custody ...