New Jersey § 19:31-36
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 19:31-36, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19:31-36.
The electronic poll book technology certified by the Secretary of State shall meet
at least the following capabilities and standards: a. The ability to enable a poll worker to perform by electronic means all of the same
functions performed using a paper polling record and signature copy register, during
the conduct of an election, including but not limited to, the following: (1) retrieving a registered voter's name, address, and date of birth and identifying
the municipality and the particular election district therein from which the person
is registered; (2) verifying whether additional identifying documents or proof of residency are needed
to complete a voter's registration; (3) accessing a registered voter's voting record and an imprint of the digitized image
of the registered voter's signature; (4) recording a registered voter's signature at the polls; (5) assigning a sequential number of each voter permitted to vote; (6) inspecting whether a registered voter already voted or was mailed a mail-in ballot; (7) redirecting a voter to the correct polling place; (8) recording any necessary notation of remarks on the voter's record as provided
by R.S.19:15-23 and any other challenge and the determination thereof by the district board in connection
with the conduct of an election; (9) providing an auditable record of the election; and (10) in the case of a primary election, the electronic poll books shall indicate for
each registered voter the political party, if any, of which the voter is a member
for the purpose of voting at that primary; b. compatibility with the Statewide voter registration system established pursuant
to section 1 of P.L.2005, c. 145 ( C.19:31-31 ), which shall include the ability of the electronic poll books to import the records
of all registered voters in the election district and updates to those records before
election day, to record edits to those records on election day, and to export to the
Statewide voter registration system all of the election activity and voter participation
information at the closing of the polls or, as an alternative to the export capability,
the capability to generate a report of the election activity and voter participation
information for manual entry into the Statewide voter registration system; c. a proven ability to successfully meet requirements concerning technology documentation,
user safety, accessibility, durability, data encryption, non-interference with and
separation from the voting system in use during an election, device and system security,
audit log, data and power backup, compatibility, and functionality, as demonstrated
under actual performance and use in other United States election administration jurisdictions;
and d. any other capability or standard deemed appropriate by the county commissioner
of registration, county board of elections, or Secretary of State, or deemed necessary
to comply with any provision of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.
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