Section 1-11-6.1 - Electronic voting machines; testing. - New Mexico Statutes

1-11-6.1. Electronic voting machines; testing.

A.     The county clerk shall insure that all electronic voting machine programs are tested not later than ten days prior to the election.  The tests shall be conducted by the county clerk in the presence of the county chairman of each major political party and any interested candidate or representative of the candidate. The county clerk shall seal and retain the logic and accuracy test printout, known as the internal audit trail, for forty-five days after the election.  The county clerk shall also seal and retain the test ballots used in the marksense voting machines for a period of forty-five days after the election.   

B.     All programming of vote tabulating machines shall be performed under the supervision of the secretary of state and the county clerk.  The machines shall be programmed so that votes will be counted in accordance with the specifications for electronic voting machines adopted by the secretary of state.   

C.     After testing, all counters shall be set at zero, and the machine shall be immediately sealed with a numbered metal or plastic seal so as to prevent operation of the machine or its registering counters without breaking the seal.   

D.     On the certificate for that machine there shall be recorded:   

(1)     the number of the seal; and   

(2)     the reading shown on the protective counter.