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Voting Systems
“The truth isn’t always popular, but it’s still the truth.”
Groan-worthy quote from some lame character in some lame Hallmark Channel movie.
“The [law] isn’t always popular, but it’s still the [law].”
Groan-worthy paraphrase quote from some lame character in some lame Hallmark Channel movie.
2015 Municipal Voting System Coding
Jurisdictional Build (Geocode)
• SEIMS Extract• District Relations• Unity Jurisdictional import
Contest Build (Election Setup)
• SEIMS Extract• Unity election database import
2015 Municipal Transfers
Inter-county transfers
• Must maintain separate registration and voting records• Must report by VTD• Transferred precinct will display as Not Reporting
Cross-county transfers
• Voter is only entitled to one ballot• Must appropriately handle absentee by mail, one-stop, same day registration• Must maintain separate registration and voting records• Must report by VTD• Transferred precinct in non-host county will display as Not Reporting
HB 836 (S.L. 2015-103)
New Voting Systems Allowed
HB 836 (S.L. 2015-103)
HB 836 (S.L. 2015-103)
HB 836 (S.L. 2015-103)
Clarification on DRE Decertification•9/1/2019 – DRE on Election Day•1/1/2018 – DRE during One-stop only
HB 836 (S.L. 2015-103)
VOTING SYSTEM CERTIFICATIONS
System Requirements
System must comply with federal standards
System must record results by VTD
System must use a paper ballot
Vendor Requirements
Vendor must post bond (determined by SBOE)
Vendor must place source code in escrow
Vendor must quote a statewide uniform price.
Vendor must provide access to source code in the event of software failure or vendor insolubility
As part of the certification requirements, the State Board of
Elections shall address the mandatory terms of the contract for the
purchase of the voting system and the maintenance and training related
to that voting system.
2015-16 Voting System Certification Steps
1
SBOE staff prepares
documented certification
program with the help of a EAC
testing lab and legal counsel
2
State Board Members review
and approve certification
program (including
performance bond).
3
SBOE staff uses certification standards to
evaluate pending requests for
certification and prepares report for State Board
Members:
4
State Board reviews staff report and
advises staff of next steps
Acquisition of Voting Systems ProcessState Board of
Elections
Certifies Voting System
County Board of Elections
Recommends Voting System to County Board of Commissioners
Seeks approval of SBOE to
replace Voting System
State Board of Elections
Approves replacement
of Voting System
County Board of Elections
Approves the adoption and acquisition of Voting System
to County Board of
Commissioners
County Board of Commissioners
Adopts and acquires certified
Voting System
GS 163-165.9:Before Adoption & Acquisition of Voting System
1
Recommend to the board of county
commissioners which type of voting system should be acquired by
the county.
2
Witness a demonstration, in that county or at a site designated by the State Board of Elections, of the type of voting system to be
recommended
Witness a demonstration of at least one other type of voting system certified by
the State Board of Elections.
3
Test, during an election, the proposed
voting system in at least one precinct in the county where the
voting system would be used if adopted.
Testing a Voting SystemNotify SBOE of the test
Remember an election ends at canvass
Test in a precinct or a one-stop site
All voting equipment used in an election must go through L&A
Just using at one-stop is not a full test
Upcoming NC Election EventsSepte
mber 15, 2015
October 6, 2015
November 3, 2015
March 15, 2016
May 3, 2016
June/July
2016
November 8, 2016
Certification of Electronic Poll Books