§ 16-441 Effective date of article; approval of counting equipment
§ 16-442 Committee approval; adoption of vote tabulating equipment; experimental use; emergency
§ 16-442.01 Accessible voting technology; recommendations; certification; applicability
§ 16-443 Authorization of use at all elections
§ 16-444 Definitions; applicability of general laws
§ 16-445 Filing of computer election programs with secretary of state
§ 16-446 Specifications of electronic voting system
§ 16-447 Voting devices; inspection; specifications and number of booths
§ 16-448 Write-in votes; instructions
§ 16-449 Required test of equipment and programs; notice; procedures manual
§ 16-450 Location and acquisition of vote tabulating devices
§ 16-451 Cost; means of financing
§ 16-452 Rules; instructions and procedures manual; approval of manual; field check and review of systems; violation; classification

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 16 > Chapter 4 > Article 4 - Voting Equipment

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Ballot: means a paper ballot on which votes are recorded. See Arizona Laws 16-444
  • Computer program: includes all programs and documentation adequate to process the ballots at an equivalent counting center. See Arizona Laws 16-444
  • Counting center: means one or more locations selected by the board of supervisors for the automatic counting of ballots. See Arizona Laws 16-444
  • Electronic voting system: means a system in which votes are recorded on a paper ballot by means of marking, and such votes are subsequently counted and tabulated by vote tabulating equipment at one or more counting centers. See Arizona Laws 16-444
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Instructions and procedures manual: means the manual prepared for use as a guide for the conduct of elections by an approved electronic voting system, including, but not limited to, detailed instructions for the performance of each task relating to the collection of ballots and the counting of votes in a manner that will provide maximum security, efficiency and accuracy. See Arizona Laws 16-444
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Vote tabulating equipment: includes apparatus necessary to automatically examine and count votes as designated on ballots and tabulate the results. See Arizona Laws 16-444
  • Voting device: means an apparatus that the voter uses to record the voter's votes by marking a paper ballot, which votes are subsequently counted by electronic tabulating equipment. See Arizona Laws 16-444
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215