Standards required of voting machines.

115.249. Standards required of voting machines. — No voting machine shall be used unless it: (1) Permits voting in absolute secrecy; (2) Permits each voter to vote for as many candidates for each office as he is lawfully entitled to vote for, and no other; (3) Permits each voter to vote for or against as many questions as he is lawfully entitled to vote on, and no more; (4) Provides facilities for each voter to cast as many write-in votes for each office as he is lawfully entitled to cast; (5) Permits each voter in a primary election to vote for the candidates of only one party announced by the voter in advance; (6) Correctly registers or records and accurately counts all votes cast for each candidate and for and against each question; (7) Is provided with a lock or locks which prevent any movement of the voting or registering mechanism and any tampering with the mechanism; (8) Is provided with a protective counter or other device whereby any operation of the machine before or after an election will be detected; (9) Is provided with a counter which shows at all times during the election how many people have voted on the machine; (10) Is provided with a proper light which enables each voter, while voting, to clearly see the ballot labels. (L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 8.300, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1014 & 730, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)