No voting machine shall be used unless it:

(1) Permits voting in absolute secrecy;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 115.249

  • Ballot: the paper ballot, or ballot designed for use with an electronic voting system on which each voter may cast all votes to which he or she is entitled at an election. See Missouri Laws 115.013
  • Question: any measure on the ballot which can be voted "YES" or "NO". See Missouri Laws 115.013
  • voter: is used in the laws of this state it shall mean registered voter, or legal voter. See Missouri Laws 1.035

(2) Permits each voter to vote for as many candidates for each office as he is lawfully entitled to vote for, and no other;

(3) Permits each voter to vote for or against as many questions as he is lawfully entitled to vote on, and no more;

(4) Provides facilities for each voter to cast as many write-in votes for each office as he is lawfully entitled to cast;

(5) Permits each voter in a primary election to vote for the candidates of only one party announced by the voter in advance;

(6) Correctly registers or records and accurately counts all votes cast for each candidate and for and against each question;

(7) Is provided with a lock or locks which prevent any movement of the voting or registering mechanism and any tampering with the mechanism;

(8) Is provided with a protective counter or other device whereby any operation of the machine before or after an election will be detected;

(9) Is provided with a counter which shows at all times during the election how many people have voted on the machine;

(10) Is provided with a proper light which enables each voter, while voting, to clearly see the ballot labels.