§ 3031.7. Requirements of electronic voting systems
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral DistrictsEffective: October 31, 2019
Effective: October 31, 2019
25 P.S. § 3031.7
§ 3031.7. Requirements of electronic voting systems
No electronic voting system shall, upon any examination or reexamination, be approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, or by any examiner appointed by him, unless it shall be established that such system, at the time of such examination or reexamination:
(6) Permits each voter to vote for as many persons for any office as he is entitled to vote for and to vote for or against any question upon which he is entitled to vote and precludes each voter from voting or from having his vote tabulated for any candidate, or upon any question, for whom or upon which he is not entitled to vote.
(10) If it is of a type that registers the vote electronically, the voting system shall permit each voter to change his vote for any candidate or upon any question appearing on the official ballot up to the time that he takes the final step to register his vote and to have his vote computed. If it is of a type that uses paper ballots or ballot cards to register the vote and automatic tabulating equipment to compute such votes, the system shall provide that a voter who spoils his ballot may obtain another ballot; any ballot thus returned shall be immediately cancelled and at the close of the polls shall be enclosed in an envelope marked “Spoiled” which shall be sealed and returned to the county board.
(11) Is suitably designed for the purpose used, is constructed in a neat and workmanlike manner of durable material of good quality, is safely and efficiently useable in the conduct of elections and, with respect to the counting of ballots cast at each district, is suitably designed and equipped to be capable of absolute accuracy, which accuracy shall be demonstrated to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
(iv) If the number of choices recorded for any office or on any question exceeds the number for which the voter is entitled to vote, it shall reject all choices recorded on the ballot for that office or question, provided, that if used during the period of voting it may also have the capacity to indicate to a voter that he has improperly voted for more candidates for any office than he is entitled to vote for, and in such case it shall have the capacity to permit the voter to mark a new ballot or to forego his opportunity to make such correction.
(v) It shall be equipped with an element which generates a printed record at the beginning of its operation which verifies that the tabulating elements for each candidate position and each question and the public counter are all set to zero and with an element which generates a printed record at the finish of its operation of the total number of voters whose ballots have been tabulated, the total number of votes cast for each candidate whose name appears on the ballot, and the total number of votes cast for, or against, any question appearing on the ballot.
(17) If the voting system is of a type which provides for the computation and tabulation of all votes at a central counting center or if it provides for the tabulation of district totals at such a central counting center, the central automatic tabulating equipment shall include the following mechanisms or capabilities:
(iii) It shall have a means by which to verify that the counters for each candidate position and for each question are all set to zero and shall be able to generate a printed record of each election district showing the total number of voters whose ballots have been tabulated, the total number of votes cast for each candidate whose name appears on the ballot, and the total number of votes cast for, or against, any question appearing on the ballot. It may also be capable of generating cumulative election reports.
Credits
1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, No. 320, art. XI-A, § 1107-A, added 1980, July 11, P.L. 600, No. 128, § 4, imd. effective. Amended 2019, Oct. 31, P.L. 552, No. 77, § 3, imd. effective.
25 P.S. § 3031.7, PA ST 25 P.S. § 3031.7
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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