Merissa is lying of course.
Logic & Accuracy is not "completely ceremonial" as she claims. The point of the machines is to provide a 100% accurate count. If they don't do that, the test is run again (It's always human error.)
As far as the clocks are concerned, it's not a "chain of custody" issue. That is absurd, but I can see why it's an annoyance.
Ironically though, more evidence that the tabulators and EMS are not connected to the internet.