34-2421. PROCEDURE IF A VOTING MACHINE BECOMES INOPERATIVE. (1) If any voting machine used in any election precinct, during or before the time the polls are opened, becomes damaged so as to render it inoperative in whole or in part, an election board clerk immediately shall notify the election officer charged with the care of the machine.
(2) If possible, the election officer so notified shall repair the machine at once or substitute another machine for the damaged machine.
(3) If no other machine can be procured for use at the election and the damaged machine cannot be repaired in time for further use at the election, or where in the discretion of a majority of the members of the election board it is impracticable to use the machine, the election board shall permit the voters to use paper ballots prepared as in cases where paper ballots are used. The paper ballots shall be furnished to the election board by the county clerk. The paper ballots shall be issued, voted and deposited in ballot boxes in as nearly the same manner as provided by law, except that the paper ballots shall not be tallied and returned by the election board. Instead, these paper ballots shall be delivered to the county clerk for his tally and canvass.
History:
[34-2421, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 152, p. 351; am. 1971, ch. 5, sec. 7, p. 11.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 24 - VOTING BY MACHINE OR VOTE TALLY SYSTEM
Section 34-2401 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 34-2402 - AUTHORITY TO USE.
Section 34-2403 - APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.
Section 34-2404 - TAMPERING WITH MACHINES PROHIBITED.
Section 34-2405 - AUTHORITY FOR PROCUREMENT OF MACHINES.
Section 34-2406 - JOINT PURCHASE AND USE OF MACHINES AUTHORIZED.
Section 34-2407 - PURCHASE OF MACHINES — MANNER OF PAYMENT.
Section 34-2408 - PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
Section 34-2409 - EXAMINATION OF MACHINES BY SECRETARY OF STATE PRIOR TO ADOPTION.
Section 34-2410 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR VOTING MACHINES OR VOTE TALLY SYSTEMS.
Section 34-2411 - DUTIES OF CLERKS OF ELECTION BOARDS.
Section 34-2412 - COMPOSITION OF PRECINCT ELECTION BOARDS.
Section 34-2413 - PREPARATION OF MACHINES FOR USE — INSTRUCTIONS.
Section 34-2414 - PRINTED MATTER AND SUPPLIES.
Section 34-2415 - PREPARATION OF POLLING PLACE FOR ELECTION.
Section 34-2416 - PROCEDURE FOR PREPARING MACHINES FOR AN ELECTION.
Section 34-2417 - NOTICE OF LOCATIONS OF VOTING MACHINES AND POLLING PLACES.
Section 34-2418 - BALLOTS AND BALLOT LABELS.
Section 34-2419 - ROTATION OF NAMES OF CANDIDATES.
Section 34-2420 - EXAMINATIONS OF FACE OF MACHINE DURING ELECTION.
Section 34-2421 - PROCEDURE IF A VOTING MACHINE BECOMES INOPERATIVE.
Section 34-2422 - CLOSING OF POLLS — DELIVERY OF BALLOTS TO CLERK BEFORE POLLS CLOSED.
Section 34-2423 - ABSENT VOTING BY VOTING MACHINE OR PAPER BALLOT.
Section 34-2424 - PAPER BALLOTS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH VOTING MACHINES.
Section 34-2425 - PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE BALLOTS.
Section 34-2426 - EXHIBITION OF VOTING MACHINES FOR INSTRUCTION OF VOTERS.