2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 9 - Voting Machines
Section 1-9-21 - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; security requirements.
Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations shall provide the security capabilities for ballot preparation and shall be capable of:
A. providing a full audit trail of individual voter activity;
B. providing full ballot production audit logs for all activity, including absentee voting by mail, in-person absentee voting, early voting, provisional voting and spoiling ballots;
C. creation and preservation of an audit trail of every ballot issued, including during a period of interrupted communication in the event of loss of network connectivity;
D. suitable security passwords at user, administrator and management levels;
E. preventing the modification of ballot formatting by polling place users; and
F. retaining full functionality and capability of printing ballots during a period of interrupted communication in the event of loss of network connectivity.
History: Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 67.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 111 made Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 67 effective July 1, 2011.
