NxtAssets
Election asset management that embeds statutory obligations into the workflow itself. From the moment a voting machine is pulled off the warehouse shelf to the moment it's re-sealed for storage — every custody transfer, every seal application, every location change is captured, signed, and immutable.
What it does, in five parts
NxtAssets isn't one feature. It's five connected capabilities that together cover the full election asset lifecycle. Each one stands on its own, and each one makes the others stronger.
1. Chain of custody and handoffs
Every transfer of a tracked asset — warehouse to truck, truck to polling place, polling place back — captures both parties, digital signatures, timestamp, GPS location, and event type. Records are written to a tamper-proof log and cannot be altered after the fact by anyone — not a user, not an administrator, not the vendor.
Chain of custody detail →2. Real-time tracking — GPS, BLE, RFID
A unified tracking layer that combines cellular GPS on vehicles and high-value cases, Bluetooth beacons for indoor and shelf-level presence, and RFID for bulk scans at checkpoints. A live map shows every asset and every delivery route in motion; geo-fences fire instant alerts when something deviates.
Tracking detail →3. Work orders and configurable workflows
Plan the work before election day, assign it to the right people, and track step-by-step execution. Workflows are configurable without writing code, which matters because no two jurisdictions run elections exactly the same way. Steps can be enforced — you cannot skip the seal application, for example, because the work order will not advance.
Work orders detail →4. Seal management
Every seal is tracked by unique serial number and type. L&A testing, ballot boxes, tabulator transport — at every statutory checkpoint, the workflow requires a seal step with dual-party signature. Seal audits run on any mobile device. A failed audit triggers an immediate alert and a documented follow-up.
Seal management detail →5. Tamper-proof audit trail
Custody events, seal events, and critical workflow transitions go into a write-once log. Once a record is in, no one can edit or remove it — not a user, not an administrator, not NES. Retention is configured to match statutory preservation periods (for example, 22 months per TEC §129.024(b)).
Audit trail detail →Chain of custody tells you who had it. Real-time tracking tells you where it is now. Work orders tell you what was supposed to happen. Seals tell you whether it was tampered with. The immutable audit trail tells you that the answers to the first four questions cannot be rewritten.
Who uses it
NxtAssets is built for county and state election offices that need to demonstrate — to auditors, observers, the press, and the public — that every asset was handled correctly at every step. It scales to tens of thousands of assets per county. Typical users include warehouse managers, field technicians, polling-place judges, election site leads, IT and reporting staff, service desk operators, and system administrators.
The foundation
NxtAssets runs on enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure with encryption always on, role-based access control, a tamper-proof audit trail, and a government-cloud deployment path when procurement requires it. Every user action is logged with identity, timestamp, and device.
If you're evaluating the platform from a security or IT perspective, the technical stack, compliance attestations, and architecture detail are on the pages below.
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