A. Voting system technicians shall be trained and certified by the secretary of state as to their adequacy of training and expertise on voting systems certified for use in the state.
B. The secretary of state shall train and recertify voting system technicians prior to each primary election.
C. For purposes of this section, "voting system technician" means any person who is trained and certified to program, inspect, properly store and troubleshoot voting systems.
D. The secretary of state shall adopt rules regulating the scope of training provided to voting system technicians to ensure that voting system warranties are not invalidated and that equipment owned by the state is protected.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-9-14, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 255, § 121; 1977, ch. 222, § 23; 1985, ch. 207, § 13; 1987, ch. 249, § 24; 1991, ch. 106, § 6; 2001, ch. 233, § 8; 2010, ch. 28, § 16.
The 2010 amendment, effective March 3, 2010, in the catchline, after "technicians", deleted "approval of contracts"; deleted former Subsection A, which provided that the secretary of state shall approve all arrangements between a county and a voting system technician based on the adequacy of the training and expertise of the technician and the reasonableness of the compensation for the services based on the type of election and number of systems used; in Subsection A, after "technicians shall be", added "trained and"; after "and expertise on", deleted "electronic"; and after "voting systems", added "certified for use in the state"; added Subsection B; in Subsection C, after "means any person who", deleted "programs, clears, inspects, repairs electronic" and added "is trained and certified to program, inspect, properly store and troubleshoot"; and at the end of the sentence, deleted "for compensation"; and in Subsection D, after "shall adopt rules", deleted "governing the use, maintenance and repair of electronic voting systems" and added the remainder of the sentence.
The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, substituted "voting system" for "voting machine" throughout the section; deleted the provisions that specified compensation amounts for voting system technicians in Subsection A; and deleted "lever voting machines and" preceding "electronic voting systems" in Subsections B, C and D.
The 1991 amendment, effective April 2, 1991, in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A, inserted "for programming" and "lever-type voting" in the first sentence and added the second and third sentences.
Structure 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.