Effective 28 Aug 2013
115.249. Standards required of voting machines. — No voting machine shall be used unless it:
(1) Permits voting in absolute secrecy;
(2) Permits each voter to vote for as many candidates for each office as he is lawfully entitled to vote for, and no other;
(3) Permits each voter to vote for or against as many questions as he is lawfully entitled to vote on, and no more;
(4) Provides facilities for each voter to cast as many write-in votes for each office as he is lawfully entitled to cast;
(5) Permits each voter in a primary election to vote for the candidates of only one party announced by the voter in advance;
(6) Correctly registers or records and accurately counts all votes cast for each candidate and for and against each question;
(7) Is provided with a lock or locks which prevent any movement of the voting or registering mechanism and any tampering with the mechanism;
(8) Is provided with a protective counter or other device whereby any operation of the machine before or after an election will be detected;
(9) Is provided with a counter which shows at all times during the election how many people have voted on the machine;
(10) Is provided with a proper light which enables each voter, while voting, to clearly see the ballot labels.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 8.300, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1014 & 730, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
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