115.249. Standards required of voting machines. - Missouri Statutes

Standards required of voting machines.

115.249. No voting machine shall be used unless it:

(1) Permits voting in absolute secrecy;

(2) Permits each voter to vote for as many candidates for each officeas he is lawfully entitled to vote for, and no other;

(3) Permits each voter to vote for or against as many questions as heis lawfully entitled to vote on, and no more;

(4) Provides facilities for each voter to cast as many write-in votesfor each office as he is lawfully entitled to cast;

(5) Permits each voter in a primary election to vote for thecandidates of only one party announced by the voter in advance;

(6) Permits each voter at a presidential election to vote by use of asingle lever for the candidates of one party or group of petitioners forpresident, vice president and their presidential electors;

(7) Correctly registers or records and accurately counts all votescast for each candidate and for and against each question;

(8) Is provided with a lock or locks which prevent any movement ofthe voting or registering mechanism and any tampering with the mechanism;

(9) Is provided with a protective counter or other device whereby anyoperation of the machine before or after an election will be detected;

(10) Is provided with a counter which shows at all times during theelection how many people have voted on the machine;

(11) Is provided with a proper light which enables each voter, whilevoting, to clearly see the ballot labels;

(12) Is provided with a mechanical model, illustrating the manner ofvoting on the machine, suitable for the instruction of voters.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 8.300, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1014 & 730)