Fears surrounding voter fraud via hacking raises the question of ballot tabulation equipment and its relationship to Wi-Fi connection.

As absentee voters cast their paper ballots at Blaine City Hall, just upstairs, election workers are testing the machines, as required by state law within 14 days of an election. "Every single locality in Minnesota that uses and owns elections equipment has to do this.

Folks with the Bernalillo County Clerk's Office are working to get voting machines ready for rollout. That means they need an official stamp of approval.