Idaho Code 34-2410 – Specifications for Voting Machines or Vote Tally Systems
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(1) No voting machine or vote tally system shall be approved by the secretary of state unless it is constructed so that it:
(a) Secures to the voter secrecy in the act of voting.
(b) Provides facilities for voting for the candidates of as many political parties or organizations as may make nominations and for or against as many measures as may be submitted.
(c) Permits the voter to vote for any person for any office and upon any measure that he has the right to vote for.
(d) Permits the voter, except at primary elections, to vote for all the candidates of one (1) party or in part for the candidates of one (1) party and in part for the candidates of one or more other parties.
(e) Permits the voter to vote for as many persons for an office as he is lawfully entitled to vote for but no more.
(f) Prevents the voter from voting for the same person more than once for the same office.
(g) Correctly registers or records all votes cast for any and all persons and for or against any and all measures.
(h) Can be adjusted so that the counting mechanism rejects any vote cast on the tabulating card in excess of the number which the voter is entitled to vote.
(i) Provides that a vote for more than one (1) candidate cannot be cast by one (1) single operation of the machine or vote tally system.
(2) A vote tally system shall be:
(a) Capable of correctly counting votes on ballots or ballot cards on which the proper number of votes have been marked for any office or question or issue that has been voted.
(b) Capable of ignoring the votes marked for any office or question or issue where more than the allowable number of votes have been marked, but shall correctly count the properly voted portions of the ballot card.
(c) Capable of accumulating a count of the specific number of ballots or ballot cards tallied for a precinct, accumulating total votes by a candidate for each office; and accumulating total votes for and against each question and issue of the ballots or ballot cards tallied for a precinct.
(d) Capable of tallying votes from ballots or ballot cards of different political parties, from the same precinct, in the case of a primary election.
(e) Capable of accommodating rotation of candidates’ names on the ballot or ballot card, provided that all ballots or ballot cards from one (1) precinct shall be of the same rotation sequence.
(f) Capable of automatically producing precinct totals in either printed, marked, or punched form, or combinations thereof.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 34-2410
- Ballot: means any material used or the voting surface of a direct recording electronic system on which votes are cast for offices, candidates and measures. See Idaho Code 34-2401
- Ballot card: means the tabulating card or cards of any size upon which the voter records his vote. See Idaho Code 34-2401
- Election: means all state, county, city, district and other political subdivision elections including bond issue elections. See Idaho Code 34-2401
- Measure: means a proposed law, act or part of an act of the legislative assembly or amendment to the constitution of the state of Idaho to be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at an election. See Idaho Code 34-2401
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114Precinct: includes all election districts. See Idaho Code 34-2401 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114 Vote tally system: means one (1) or more pieces of machinery or equipment necessary to examine and tally automatically paper ballots having marks placed thereon by a written mark or by a marking stamp. See Idaho Code 34-2401 Voting machine: means :
Idaho Code 34-2401