California Regulations § 20263 Ballot on Demand System Certification Testing Criteria

Regulation Text

(a) The ballot shall be able to be tabulated with the following accuracy and reject criteria as it relates to the acceptance by each component of the voting system for which certification is being sought:

(1) The accuracy error rate shall be zero; and

(2) The ballot rejection rate shall not exceed two percent per ballot style per voting system for which the ballot printer is seeking certification.

(b) The ballots produced shall be tested by being scanned in all orientations applicable to each voting system component for which certification is being sought.

(c) If the ballot on demand system is seeking certification to be used in conjunction with an election management system and/or for printing batches, ballot cards shall be generated utilizing the applicable components.

(d) The ballot on demand system shall be able to accept the ballot style and ballot type data produced by the voting system for which certification is being sought.

(e) The ballot on demand system shall have restrictions allowing and disallowing users to access the ballot data based on the setting and configuration parameters placed on the system.

(f) Any electronic communication to or from the ballot on demand system shall be tested for accuracy and security.

(g) Any component, whether internal or external to the ballot on demand system, that communicates directly to the ballot on demand system to generate the voter's ballot style and ballot type information may be tested as part of the ballot on demand system. This includes, but is not limited, to voter registration systems, election management systems, electronic poll books.

(h) Any component, whether internal or external to the ballot on demand system, that duplicates and/or remakes a ballot, inclusive of the ballot marks, but does not save or export any ballot content data for tabulation may be tested as part of the ballot on demand system.

(i) Any component, whether internal or external to the ballot on demand system, that duplicates and/or remakes a ballot, inclusive of the ballot marks, and saves or exports any ballot content data for tabulation may be tested as part of the voting system.

(j) The system shall be able to produce a report of the following information:

(1) Quantity of ballot cards produced.

(2) Quantity of ballot cards produced by style.

(3) Quantity of ballot cards produced accurately.

(4) Quantity of ballot cards misprinted and the associated ballot style and ballot type for the misprinted ballot card.

(5) Quantity of ballot cards produced by user.

(6) Audit log for activity by user, including but not limited to the deletion, modification, and addition of ballot definition files on the system.

Source

1. New section filed 1-11-2018; operative 1-11-2018 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (b)(3) (Register 2018, No. 2).

History

1. New section filed 1-11-2018; operative 1/11/2018 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (b)(3) ( Register 2018, No. 2 ).

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