diff --git a/cypress/e2e/excludedLinks/excluded-links-english.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/excludedLinks/excluded-links-english.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c74bd7632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/e2e/excludedLinks/excluded-links-english.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/// <reference types="Cypress" />
+
+// this test will run out of the pipeline and will be a manaul test each sprint 
+
+const english = require("../../fixtures/excluded-links-english.json");
+
+
+describe('check excluded links', () => {
+  english.forEach(url => {
+      it('validate page loads - english', () => {
+        cy.visit(url, {failOnStatusCode: false})
+        cy.get('body').children().its('length').should('be.gt', 0)
+        
+      })
+  })
+})
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diff --git a/cypress/e2e/excludedLinks/excluded-links-spanish.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/excludedLinks/excluded-links-spanish.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ceed0f7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/e2e/excludedLinks/excluded-links-spanish.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/// <reference types="Cypress" />
+
+// this test will run out of the pipeline and will be a manaul test each sprint 
+
+const spanish = require("../../fixtures/excluded-links-spanish.json");
+
+
+describe('check excluded links', () => {
+  spanish.forEach(url => {
+      it('validate page loads - spanish', () => {
+        cy.visit(url, {failOnStatusCode: false})
+        cy.get('body').children().its('length').should('be.gt', 0)
+        
+      })
+  })
+})
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diff --git a/cypress/e2e/externalLinks/english-external-links-validator.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/externalLinks/english-external-links-validator.cy.js
index 214813ec4..ef4e2957d 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/externalLinks/english-external-links-validator.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/externalLinks/english-external-links-validator.cy.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference types="Cypress" />
 
+
 const allPages = require("../../fixtures/site-pages.json");
 
 const excludedlinks = [
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/externalLinks/spanish-external-links-validator.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/externalLinks/spanish-external-links-validator.cy.js
index ea0009d0b..b2cf984d7 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/externalLinks/spanish-external-links-validator.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/externalLinks/spanish-external-links-validator.cy.js
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ const excludedlinks = [
   'https://vote.sos.ri.gov/VoterSpanish/RegisterToVote?ref=voteusa_es',
   'https://vote.sos.ri.gov/HomeSpanish/UpdateVoterRecord?ActiveFlag=0&?ref=voteusa_es',
     // sc links
-    'https://vrems.scvotes.sc.gov/Voter/Login?ref=voteusa_es',
-    'https://scvotes.gov/voters/register-to-vote/?ref=voteusa_es',
-    'https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/ovr/start.aspx?ref=voteusa_es'
+  'https://vrems.scvotes.sc.gov/Voter/Login?ref=voteusa_es',
+  'https://scvotes.gov/voters/register-to-vote/?ref=voteusa_es',
+  'https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/ovr/start.aspx?ref=voteusa_es'
 ];
 
 describe("Spanish External Link Validator Test", () => {
diff --git a/cypress/support/excluded-links-english.json b/cypress/fixtures/excluded-links-english.json
similarity index 99%
rename from cypress/support/excluded-links-english.json
rename to cypress/fixtures/excluded-links-english.json
index 21a95604c..dd65acfdb 100644
--- a/cypress/support/excluded-links-english.json
+++ b/cypress/fixtures/excluded-links-english.json
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
   "https://vrems.scvotes.sc.gov/Voter/Login?ref=voteusa_en",
   "https://scvotes.gov/voters/register-to-vote/?ref=voteusa_en",
   "https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/ovr/start.aspx?ref=voteusa_en"
+
   
-]
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+]   
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diff --git a/cypress/support/excluded-links-spanish.json b/cypress/fixtures/excluded-links-spanish.json
similarity index 100%
rename from cypress/support/excluded-links-spanish.json
rename to cypress/fixtures/excluded-links-spanish.json
diff --git a/cypress/support/excluded-links-english.cy.js b/cypress/support/excluded-links-english.cy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f3c3b548..000000000
--- a/cypress/support/excluded-links-english.cy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/// <reference types="Cypress" />
-
-// import { forEach } from "../../fixtures/excluded-links-english.json";
-
-// describe('check excluded links', () => {
-//   forEach(url => {
-//       it('validate page loads - english', () => {
-//         cy.visit(url, {failOnStatusCode: false})
-//         // eslint-disable-next-line cypress/no-unnecessary-waiting
-//         cy.wait(1000)
-//         cy.get('body').children().its('length').should('be.gt', 0)
-//       })
-//   })
-// })
-
-const english = [  
-  "https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/OnlineVoterRegistration/InstructionsStep1?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://olvr.ohiosos.gov/?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.aspx?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://olvr.hawaii.gov/?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://elections.hawaii.gov/voters/registration/?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://vote.sos.ri.gov/Home/RegistertoVote?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://vote.sos.ri.gov/Voter/RegisterToVote?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://vote.sos.ri.gov/Home/UpdateVoterRecord?ActiveFlag=0&?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://vrems.scvotes.sc.gov/Voter/Login?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://scvotes.gov/voters/register-to-vote/?ref=voteusa_en",
-  "https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/ovr/start.aspx?ref=voteusa_en" 
-
-]
-
-describe('Validate Excluded pages load', () =>{
-  english.forEach((url) => {
-    it(`check english ${url}`, () => {
-      cy.visit(url, {failOnStatusCode: false})
-        // eslint-disable-next-line cypress/no-unnecessary-waiting
-        cy.wait(3000)
-        cy.get('body').children().invoke('text').should('have.length.gt', 0)
-        
-        // .should('not.be.empty')
-        
-        // .its('length').should('be.gt', 0)
-        
-        // .children()
-        
-        
-    })
-  })
-})
-
diff --git a/cypress/support/excluded-links-spanish.cy.js b/cypress/support/excluded-links-spanish.cy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index edad29b3c..000000000
--- a/cypress/support/excluded-links-spanish.cy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/// <reference types="Cypress" />
-
-const spanish = [
-  "https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/OnlineVoterRegistration/InstructionsStep1?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://olvr.ohiosos.gov/?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.aspx?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://olvr.hawaii.gov/?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://elections.hawaii.gov/voters/registration/?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://vote.sos.ri.gov/Home/RegistertoVote?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://vote.sos.ri.gov/VoterSpanish/RegisterToVote?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://vote.sos.ri.gov/HomeSpanish/UpdateVoterRecord?ActiveFlag=0&?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://vrems.scvotes.sc.gov/Voter/Login?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://scvotes.gov/voters/register-to-vote/?ref=voteusa_es",
-  "https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/ovr/start.aspx?ref=voteusa_es"
-]
-
-describe('Validate Excluded pages load', () =>{
-  spanish.forEach((url) => {
-    it(`check spanish ${url}`, () => {
-      cy.visit(url, {failOnStatusCode: false})
-        // eslint-disable-next-line cypress/no-unnecessary-waiting
-        cy.wait(1000)
-        cy.get('body').children().its('length').should('be.gt', 0)
-    })
-  })
-})
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