Certification Of Manufacturers

(1) No manufacturer of electronic voting devices may be certified in the State of Tennessee until it has proven to the satisfaction of the Coordinator of Elections of the State of Tennessee and to the Tennessee State Election Commission that: (a) It has a history of ethical conduct in the sales and use of its equipment. (b) It is financially responsible. (c) Its equipment has been successfully used in other jurisdictions of the United States. (d) It can affirmatively demonstrate that it has provided adequate assistance to jurisdictions purchasing its equipment; and (e) It agrees that it will contract with each jurisdiction in the State of Tennessee, purchasing its voting devices, that it will provide adequate professional assistance to such jurisdictions for not less than the first two county-wide elections using such devices.