New Mexico Statutes § 1-9-7.8 Voting systems; operational requirements
Statute Text
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.
Source
Laws 2010 , ch. 28 , § 6 .
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