Charlottesville tests voting machines ahead of Democratic Primary Charlottesville tests voting machines ahead of Democratic Primary By CJ Paschall | April 19, 2021 at 6:04 PM EDT - Updated April 19 at 9:06 PM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesvilleâs voting machines were put to the test Monday to make sure theyâre logging votes correctly. Itâs part of the cityâs preparations for the Democratic Primary on June 8 and the start of early voting. The machines were tested against a preprogrammed result to ensure the votes were counted accurately, and that ballot errors were properly flagged. âA lot was said, last year, about the trustworthiness of the machines and actually, you know, as somebody whoâs worked in this for many years now, I can tell you that the machines are totally trustworthy,â Charlottesville Board of Elections Secretary James Nix said. âWe have to prove that they are.â