Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall:
A. have internal application software that is specifically designed and engineered for the election application;
B. include comprehensive diagnostics designed to ensure that failures do not go undetected;
C. have a real-time clock capable of recording and documenting the total time polls are opened; and
D. have a self-contained, internal backup battery that powers all components of the system that are powered by alternating current power; and, in the event of a power outage in the polling place:
(1) the self-contained, internal backup battery power shall engage with no disruption of operation for at least two hours and with no loss of data; and
(2) the system shall maintain all vote totals, public counter totals and the internal clock time in the event that the main power and battery backup power fail.
History: Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 6.
Emergency clauses. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 24 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 3, 2010.
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.