(a)
(1) The manufacturer shall demonstrate the machine to the county election officials prior to the first election at which the machines are placed in use.
(2) The date for the demonstration shall be agreed upon by the vendor and the county board of election commissioners.
(b) On the date of the first election at which voting machines are used, manufacturers shall make employees available in each county where the machines are in operation to assist the county board of election commissioners in any manner that will expedite voting and provide efficient operation of voting machines. After the first election, the county board of election commissioners shall obtain the assistance needed in operating the machines, and the county board of election commissioners shall collect and pay expenses for this assistance as it would for any other election cost.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 5 - Election Procedure Generally
Subchapter 5 - Voting Machines
§ 7-5-502. Application of election laws and penalties
§ 7-5-503. Examination and approval of machines by State Board of Election Commissioners
§ 7-5-504. Machine specifications
§ 7-5-507. Demonstration — Assistance in operating machine
§ 7-5-509. Machines used for demonstration
§ 7-5-510. Forms for complaints about function of voting machine — Investigation
§ 7-5-512. Certification of ballot styles — Equipment furnished to polling sites
§ 7-5-513. Machine breakdown — Delivery of ballot materials
§ 7-5-515. Preparation of machines for election — Logic and accuracy testing and public testing
§ 7-5-516. Notice to candidates of preparation — Rules and statutes unaffected
§ 7-5-517. Securing machines — Certification
§ 7-5-518. Machines inactivated until polls open — Adjustment of counters
§ 7-5-520. Instructions for voters using voting machines
§ 7-5-521. Arrangement of polling place
§ 7-5-524. Voter access to machines — Persons in line at closing time
§ 7-5-526. Closing of polls — Securing machines — Poll workers' certificate
§ 7-5-527. Exposure of count — Verification — Return record — Official signatures
§ 7-5-528. Machines released to officers
§ 7-5-529. Tabulation of returns
§ 7-5-530. Securing audit materials upon election contest or recount
§ 7-5-532. Direct-recording electronic voting machines — Definitions