Section 656:41 Approval by Ballot Law Commission. - New Hampshire Statutes

The ballot law commission shall act as a board to examine devices for the electronic counting of ballots. The commission shall, whenever requested, examine any device which may be capable of meeting the requirements for elections held in this state. The commission shall approve such device in its discretion, and no device shall be used in any election in this state unless it reads the voter's choice on a paper ballot and is of a type so approved by the ballot law commission. Any device that is altered must be re-approved before it is used in any election in this state. For the purposes of this section, a device shall be considered altered if any mechanical or electronic part, hardware, software, or programming has been altered.

Source. 1979, 436:1. 1994, 118:2. 1998, 311:2, eff. June 26, 1998. 2009, 70:2, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.