2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 9 - Voting Machines
Section 1-9-7.8 - Voting systems; operational requirements.
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.
ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 24 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 3, 2010.
