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.
History: Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 5.
Emergency clauses. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 24 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 3, 2010.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Section 1-9-1 - Secretary of state; duties; voting system defined.
Section 1-9-5 - Requirement to use voting systems; sufficient check-in stations and voting booths.
Section 1-9-6 - Voting systems; use in other elections.
Section 1-9-7 - Voting systems; acquisition.
Section 1-9-7.1 - Voting system; use of paper ballot; access for blind or visually impaired voters.
Section 1-9-7.2 - Voting systems; testing of previously certified systems.
Section 1-9-7.3 - Voting systems records.
Section 1-9-7.4 - Voting systems; authority of the secretary of state to recertify and decertify.
Section 1-9-7.5 - Voting systems; voting system certification committee; members.
Section 1-9-7.6 - Voting systems; storage; custody and maintenance; authority to enforce.
Section 1-9-7.7 - Voting systems; technical requirements.
Section 1-9-7.8 - Voting systems; operational requirements.
Section 1-9-7.9 - Voting systems; memory; removable storage media device; requirements.
Section 1-9-7.10 - Voting systems; ballot handling and processing requirements.
Section 1-9-7.11 - Voting systems; source code; escrow.
Section 1-9-13 - Voting system technicians.
Section 1-9-14 - Voting systems; authority of the secretary of state to test; certification.
Section 1-9-17 - Additional voting systems; state board of finance; lease-purchase contract; terms.
Section 1-9-18 - Electronic voting systems; method of payment by counties.
Section 1-9-19 - Voting system revolving fund.
Section 1-9-21 - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; security requirements.