Los Alamos County Clerk Sharon Stover enters a sample ballot into one of 11 voting machines certified Wednesday afternoon at the County Clerk’s Office warehouse on the west side of the Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave. The certification process included verifying that ballots were accepted whether fed into the machines in the front, back, top or bottom direction. The machines also were tested to ensure inappropriately filled out ballots were rejected, which was the case. Once certified, the 11 machines were sealed until the June 3 Primary Election. From left, Los Alamos Republican Party Chair Robert Gibson, Republican County Councilor Rick Reiss, Democratic Sheriff Marco Lucero and his campaign manager Jim Leach. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Senior Deputy Clerk Adrianna Ortiz shows County Councilor Rick Reiss a printout tape from one of 11 voting machines certified Wednesday. Deputy Clerk Jocelyn Warner feeds sample ballots into a machine at left. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

County Clerk Sharon Stover, Bureau of Elections Manager Gloria Maestas and  Senior Deputy Clerk Adrianna Ortiz answer questions about the voting machine certification process from Los Alamos Republican Party Chair Robert Gibson, Republican County Councilor Rick Reiss, Democratic Sheriff Marco Lucero and his campaign manager Jim Leach. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

From left, Deputy Clerk Jocelyn Warner, Senior Deputy Clerk Adrianna Ortiz, County Clerk Sharon Stover and Bureau of Elections Manager Gloria Maestas at Wednesday’s voting machine certification in the Clerk’s warehouse. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos County Clerk’s warehouse where 11 voting machines for the June 3 Primary Election were certified Wednesday at 1000 Central Ave. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com