2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 9 - Voting Machines
Section 1-9-7.7 - Voting systems; technical requirements.

Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall:

A. have a unique embedded internal serial number for audit purposes;

B. be supplied with a dust- and moisture-proof cover for transportation and storage purposes;

C. if the net weight of the system, or aggregate of voting device parts, is over twenty pounds, have self-contained wheels so that the system can be easily rolled by one person on rough pavement and can roll through a standard thirty-inch door frame;

D. be a stand-alone, non-networked election system such that all pre-election, election day and post-election events and activities can be recorded and retained in each device;

E. employ scalable technology allowing easy enhancements that meet United States election assistance commission standards and state law;

F. have ancillary equipment, such as printers, power sources, microprocessors and switch and indicator matrices, that is installed internally or is modular and transportable;

G. display publicly the number of ballots processed;

H. be able to print:

(1) an alphanumeric printout of the contests, candidates and vote totals when the polls are opened so that the poll workers can verify that the counters for each candidate are on zero;

(2) an alphanumeric printout of the contests, candidates and vote totals at the close of the polls, which printouts shall contain the system serial number and public counter total; and

(3) as many copies of the alphanumeric printouts as necessary to satisfy state law; and

I. include a feature to allow reports to be sent to an electronic data file.

History: Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 5.

Emergency clauses. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 24 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 3, 2010.