Computer Use

The county election commission shall provide for the use of a computer capable of receiving and tallying all votes cast using electronic voting machines. The commission shall take adequate steps to insure that the program for each election is in its hands, and tested, at least twenty (20) days prior to each such election. The commission shall further require that the following safeguards be instituted to completely clear the computer equipment before vote tallying commences and insure that no other work is in process: (a) Secure the operating system and the application program. (b) Lock out unwarranted actions on the computer and log all actions. (c) Physically protect the computer after initial programming. (d) Program each memory cartridge to be used in the election and seal with a paper label, printed by the election commission computer, containing the machine’s serial number. Such label is applied to the memory cartridge package in a location which requires its destruction to open the memory cartridge package. (e) Require written certification by appropriate persons that the foregoing actions were properly taken.