293B.084  Required features and design of mechanical recording device which directly records votes electronically; availability and use of paper record for manual audit.

1.  A mechanical recording device which directly records votes electronically must:

(a) Bear a number which identifies that mechanical recording device.

(b) Be equipped with a storage device which:

(1) Stores the ballots voted on the mechanical recording device;

(2) Can be removed from the mechanical recording device for the purpose of transporting the ballots stored therein to a central counting place; and

(3) Bears the same number as the mechanical recording device.

(c) Be designed in such a manner that voted ballots may be stored within the mechanical recording device and the storage device required pursuant to paragraph (b) at the same time.

(d) Be capable of providing a record printed on paper of:

(1) Each ballot voted on the mechanical recording device; and

(2) The total number of votes recorded on the mechanical recording device for each candidate and for or against each measure.

2.  The paper record described in paragraph (d) of subsection 1 must be printed and made available for a manual audit, as necessary.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 2786; A 2003, 1657, 2187, 3516; 2007, 2605)