CHAPTER 14.5. PUBLIC TESTS OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS - Indiana Statutes

IC 3-11-14.5
     Chapter 14.5. Public Tests of Electronic Voting Systems

IC 3-11-14.5-1
System test; random selection of precincts
     Sec. 1. At least fourteen (14) days before election day, the county election board of each county planning to use an electronic voting system at the next election shall randomly select at least three (3) precincts within the county and test the voting system units to be used at those precincts on election day. Each voting system shall be tested to ascertain that the system will correctly count the votes cast for all candidates and on all public questions in that precinct.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-2
Public notice of test
     Sec. 2. Public notice of the time and place shall be given at least forty-eight (48) hours before the test. The notice shall be published once in accordance with IC 5-3-1-4.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-3
Certification of test by election board
     Sec. 3. The two (2) appointed members of the county election board shall observe the test required by this chapter and, if they so determine, shall certify the test as meeting the requirements of this chapter.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-4
Test open to public
     Sec. 4. The test must be open to representatives of political parties, candidates, the media, and the public.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-5
Requirements for test
     Sec. 5. The test required by this chapter must include the following:
        (1) The visual inspection of the voting system and ballot labels.
        (2) The manual entry of a preaudited group of ballots marked so as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each public question.
        (3) At least one (1) ballot for each office that has votes in excess of the number allowed by law in order to test the ability of the electronic voting system to reject the overvotes.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-6
Errors; determination of causes; correction; errorless retest      Sec. 6. If an error is detected during the test required by section 5 of this chapter, the cause of the error shall be determined and corrected, and an errorless count must be made before the use of the electronic voting system at the election is approved.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-7
Sealing voting system and test materials after completion
     Sec. 7. After completion of the count, the voting system shall be sealed. The ballots used to conduct the test and all other election materials shall be sealed, retained, and disposed of as provided for paper ballots.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-8
Test of vote tabulation component from tested voting systems
     Sec. 8. Immediately following the completion of the voting system test under section 5 of this chapter, the county election board shall enter the vote totals from the voting systems tested under this chapter into the component of the voting system used by the county election board to tabulate election results under IC 3-12-3.5. The board shall determine whether this component of the voting system properly tabulates the votes cast in each of the precincts tested under this chapter.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-9
Certification of test results to election division
     Sec. 9. Not later than seven (7) days after conducting the tests required under this chapter, the county election board shall certify to the election division that the tests have been conducted in conformity with this chapter.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-10
Copy of certification kept with election returns
     Sec. 10. A copy of the certification of the tests conducted under this chapter shall be filed with the election returns.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.