Section 1-9-7.7 - Voting systems; technical requirements. - New Mexico Statutes

1-9-7.7. Voting systems; technical requirements.

Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall: 

A.     have a unique embedded internal serial number for audit purposes;  

B.     be supplied with a dust- and moisture-proof cover for transportation and storage purposes; 

C.     if the net weight of the system, or aggregate of voting device parts, is over twenty pounds, have self-contained wheels so that the system can be easily rolled by one person on rough pavement and can roll through a standard thirty-inch door frame;   

D.     be a stand-alone, non-networked election system such that all pre-election, election day and post-election events and activities can be recorded and retained in each device;     

E.     employ scalable technology allowing easy enhancements that meet United States election assistance commission standards and state law;     

F.     have ancillary equipment, such as printers, power sources, microprocessors and switch and indicator matrices, that is installed internally or is modular and transportable; 

G.     display publicly the number of ballots processed; 

H.     be able to print: 

(1)     an alphanumeric printout of the contests, candidates and vote totals when the polls are opened so that the poll workers can verify that the counters for each candidate are on zero;  

(2)     an alphanumeric printout of the contests, candidates and vote totals at the close of the polls, which printouts shall contain the system serial number and public counter total; and 

(3)     as many copies of the alphanumeric printouts as necessary to satisfy state law; and 

I.     include a feature to allow reports to be sent to an electronic data file.