2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 9 - Voting Machines
Section 1-9-7.9 - Voting systems; memory; removable storage media device; requirements.

Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall:

A. be programmable with removable storage media devices;

B. contain ballot control information, summary vote totals, maintenance logs and operator logs on the removable storage media device;

C. ensure that the votes stored on the removable storage media device accurately represent the actual votes cast;

D. be designed so that no executable code can be launched from random access memory;

E. have any operating system software stored in nonvolatile memory, which shall include internal quality checks such as parity or error detection and correction codes, and which software shall include comprehensive diagnostics to ensure that failures do not go undetected;

F. allow for pre-election testing of the ballot control logic and accuracy, with results stored in the memory that is used on election day, and shall be capable of printing a zero-results printout prior to these tests and a results printout after the test;

G. have internal audit trail capability such that all pre-election, election day and post-election events shall be stored, recorded and recovered in an easy-to-read printed form and be retained within memory that does not require external power for memory retention;

H. possess the capability of remote transmission of election results to a central location only by reading the removable storage media devices once they have been removed from the tabulation device after the poll closing sequence has been completed; and

I. prevent data from being altered or destroyed by report generation or by the transmission of results.

History: Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 7.

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