Montana Regulations § 44.3.1713 UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR USING VOTING SYSTEMS
Regulation Text
(1)
For each voting system approved under
13-17-101
, MCA, the system must comply, as applicable, with the following procedures specified in the instruction manuals, user guides, and technical manuals provided by the manufacturer and distributor of the system, as well as the election judge handbook provided by the Office of the Secretary of State (except in cases in which those materials conflict with state laws or rules, in which case the laws or rules shall apply):
(a)
performance certification under
13-17-212
, MCA;
(b)
how electors ensure the proper disposition of a ballot pursuant to
13-13-117
(2)
, MCA;
(c)
the procedures to be followed if the comparison under
13-15-206
(2)(b)
, MCA, reveals discrepancies;
(d)
how to operate and test the system during counts or recounts;
(e)
the security measures necessary to secure the voting system before, during, and after an election, including security following a recount under
13-16-417
, MCA; and
(f)
testing and certification of voting systems pursuant to
13-17-212
, MCA.
(i)
Except when (ii) is applicable, a random test must be conducted by a county election administrator or designee of 10% of each type of voting systems, a minimum of one per county, on election day, to validate the accuracy of voted paper ballots with the voting system results.
(ii)
County election administrators choosing to start if automatic tabulation begins the day before the election pursuant to
13-13-241
(7)(a)
, MCA, an election administrator shall publicly must test all used central count vote tabulation machines no more than 30 days prior to the election the day before the election, before counting begins.
History
NEW, 2006 MAR p. 2671, Eff. 10/27/06; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 1545, Eff. 6/25/10; AMD,
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