2019 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code
§1351. Definitions
RS 1351 - Definitions
As used in this Chapter, unless otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed to each:
(1) "Absentee by mail and early voting counting equipment" means a device capable of counting and producing results of votes cast on paper absentee by mail and early voting ballots.
(2), (3) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 374, §3, eff. June 19, 2019.
(4) "Election" means and includes all elections held in Louisiana, whether primary, general, or special.
(5) "Electronic voting machine" means a voting machine that displays a full-face ballot, whereby votes are cast by pushing a vote indicator button on the face of the machine or a voting machine that displays a paging ballot, whereby votes are cast by selecting a vote indicator by touching the screen or using available tools on the voting system.
(6) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 374, §3, eff. June 19, 2019.
(7) "Official ballot" means the list of candidates, offices, amendments, questions, or propositions prominently displayed on the front of the voting machine.
(8) "Parish custodian" refers to the parish custodian of voting machines and means the persons designated as such by R.S. 18:1354.
(9) "Protective counter" means a counter, tabulator, or protective device that will register each time the machine is operated during the life of the machine.
(10) "Public counter" means a counter, tabulator, or other device on the outside or on the face of the machine, which shall at all times indicate the number of times votes have been cast on a machine at an election.
(11) "Question" means an amendment, proposition, or like matter to be voted on in an election.
(12) "Vote indicator" means the device on a voting machine with which votes upon a candidate or question are indicated.
(13) "Voting machine" means the enclosure occupied by the voter when voting, as formed by the machine, its screen and privacy shield, which shall include electronic voting machines.
(14) "Voting system" means the total combination of equipment, including voting machines, used to define ballots, cast and count votes, report or display election results, and maintain and produce any auditable data and the software, firmware, hardware, and documentation required to program, control, and support such equipment. "Voting system" also includes the vendor's practices and documentation used to identify system components and versions of such components, test the system during its development and maintenance, maintain records of system errors and defects, determine specific system changes made after initial certification, and make available any materials to the voter.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2001, No. 1181, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §1, eff. April 23, 2002; Acts 2005, No. 220, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 403, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 240, §1; Acts 2019, No. 374, §§1, 3, eff. June 19, 2019.
