IC 3-11-14.5
    Chapter 14.5. Public Tests of Electronic Voting Systems

IC 3-11-14.5-1
System test; random selection of precincts
    Sec. 1. At least fourteen (14) days before election day, the countyelection board of each county planning to use an electronic votingsystem at the next election shall randomly select at least three (3)precincts within the county and test the voting system units to beused at those precincts on election day. Each voting system shall betested to ascertain that the system will correctly count the votes castfor all candidates and on all public questions in that precinct.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-2
Public notice of test
    Sec. 2. Public notice of the time and place shall be given at leastforty-eight (48) hours before the test. The notice shall be publishedonce in accordance with IC 5-3-1-4.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-3
Certification of test by election board
    Sec. 3. The two (2) appointed members of the county electionboard shall observe the test required by this chapter and, if they sodetermine, shall certify the test as meeting the requirements of thischapter.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-4
Test open to public
    Sec. 4. The test must be open to representatives of politicalparties, candidates, the media, and the public.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-5
Requirements for test
    Sec. 5. The test required by this chapter must include thefollowing:
        (1) The visual inspection of the voting system and ballot labels.
        (2) The manual entry of a preaudited group of ballots marked soas to record a predetermined number of valid votes for eachcandidate and on each public question.
        (3) At least one (1) ballot for each office that has votes inexcess of the number allowed by law in order to test the abilityof the electronic voting system to reject the overvotes.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-6
Errors; determination of causes; correction; errorless retest    Sec. 6. If an error is detected during the test required by section5 of this chapter, the cause of the error shall be determined andcorrected, and an errorless count must be made before the use of theelectronic voting system at the election is approved.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-7
Sealing voting system and test materials after completion
    Sec. 7. After completion of the count, the voting system shall besealed. The ballots used to conduct the test and all other electionmaterials shall be sealed, retained, and disposed of as provided forpaper ballots.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-8
Test of vote tabulation component from tested voting systems
    Sec. 8. Immediately following the completion of the voting systemtest under section 5 of this chapter, the county election board shallenter the vote totals from the voting systems tested under this chapterinto the component of the voting system used by the county electionboard to tabulate election results under IC 3-12-3.5. The board shalldetermine whether this component of the voting system properlytabulates the votes cast in each of the precincts tested under thischapter.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-9
Certification of test results to election division
    Sec. 9. Not later than seven (7) days after conducting the testsrequired under this chapter, the county election board shall certify tothe election division that the tests have been conducted in conformitywith this chapter.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.

IC 3-11-14.5-10
Copy of certification kept with election returns
    Sec. 10. A copy of the certification of the tests conducted underthis chapter shall be filed with the election returns.
As added by P.L.221-2005, SEC.91.