Delaware § 5523 - Logic and accuracy testing of absentee ballot tabulating equipment; authority of the State Election Commissioner.

§ 5523. Logic and accuracy testing of absentee ballot tabulating equipment; authority of the State Election Commissioner.

(a) The State Election Commissioner, in consultation with the Department offices, shall promulgate rules and regulations relating to logic and accuracy testing of absentee ballot tabulating machines.

(b) Rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall ensure that:

(1) All machines are thoroughly tested immediately following maintenance and programming thereof to determine whether:

a. The voting system is properly programmed;

b. The election is correctly defined on the voting system; and

c. All of the voting system input, output, and communication devices are working properly;

(2) Any machine deemed unsatisfactory shall be recoded, repaired, or replaced and shall be retested;

(3) Machines are publicly tested prior to use to ascertain that they will correctly count votes cast for all offices and all measures in the upcoming election;

(4) Public notice of public tests is given at least 7 days prior to the tests being conducted;

(5) The resetting and sealing of each publicly tested machine is witnessed by the election officials, representatives of the political parties, and any candidates or candidate representatives who were in attendance;

(6) Each publicly tested machine is secured following the test in a state of readiness until the day of the election; and

(7) Records are kept of all pre-election testing of each absentee ballot tabulating machine which shall be present and available for inspection and reference during public pre-election testing of that machine by any person in attendance during such testing.

75 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  95;  82 Del. Laws, c. 170, § 46;