Title 21, Chapter 2, Section 365
( 21-2-365)
No optical scanning voting system shall be adopted or used unless it
shall, at the time, satisfy the following requirements: (1) It shall provide facilities for voting for such candidates as
may be nominated and upon such questions as may be submitted; (2) It shall permit each elector, in one operation per ballot, to
vote for all the candidates of one party or body for presidential
electors; (3) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this Code section for
presidential electors, it shall permit each elector, at other than
primaries, to vote a ticket selected from the nominees of any and
all parties or bodies, from independent nominations, and from
persons not in nomination; (4) It shall permit each elector to vote, at any election, for any
person and for any office for whom and for which he or she is
lawfully entitled to vote, whether or not the name of such person
or persons appears upon a ballot as a candidate for election; to
vote for as many persons for an office as he or she is entitled to
vote for; and to vote for or against any question upon which he or
she is entitled to vote; (5) An optical scanning tabulator shall preclude the counting of
votes for any candidate or upon any question for whom or upon
which an elector is not entitled to vote; shall preclude the
counting of votes for more persons for any office than he or she
is entitled to vote for; and shall preclude the counting of votes
for any candidate for the same office or upon any question more
than once; (6) It shall permit voting in absolute secrecy so that no person
can see or know for whom any other elector has voted or is voting,
save an elector whom he or she has assisted or is assisting in
voting, as prescribed by law; (7) It shall be constructed of material of good quality in a neat
and workmanlike manner; (8) It shall, when properly operated, record correctly and
accurately every vote cast; (9) It shall be so constructed that an elector may readily learn
the method of operating it; and (10) It shall be safely transportable. |