16-441. Effective date of article; approval of counting equipment Provisions of this article shall become effective and operative when electronic or electromechanical vote recording and ballot counting equipment has been satisfactorily tested and has received the approval of the secretary of state.
16-442. Committee approval; adoption of vote tabulating equipment; experimental use; emergency A. The secretary of state shall appoint a committee of three persons, to consist of a member of the engineering college at one of the universities, a member of the state bar of Arizona and one person familiar with voting processes in the state, […]
16-442.01. Accessible voting technology; recommendations; certification; applicability A. On completion of the certification process pursuant to this section and section 16-442, the secretary of state shall require that voting systems that are used by entities that are governed by section 16-204, but not including cities and towns with a population of less than twenty thousand […]
16-443. Authorization of use at all elections At all state, county, city or town elections, agricultural improvement district elections and primary elections, ballots or votes may be cast, recorded and counted by voting or marking devices and vote tabulating devices as provided in this article.
16-444. Definitions; applicability of general laws A. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Ballot" means a paper ballot on which votes are recorded. 2. " Computer program" includes all programs and documentation adequate to process the ballots at an equivalent counting center. 3. " Counting center" means one or more locations […]
16-445. Filing of computer election programs with secretary of state A. For any state, county, school district, special district, city or town election, including primary elections, that uses vote tabulating devices as provided in this article, there shall be filed with the secretary of state at least seventeen days before the date of the election […]
16-446. Specifications of electronic voting system A. An electronic voting system consisting of a voting or marking device in combination with vote tabulating equipment shall provide facilities for voting for candidates at both primary and general elections. B. An electronic voting system shall: 1. Provide for voting in secrecy when used with voting booths. 2. […]
16-447. Voting devices; inspection; specifications and number of booths A. The board of supervisors shall provide at each polling place at least one device that complies with the help America vote act of 2002 (P.L. 107-252) and that is certified by the secretary of state for use by voters with disabilities. B. Before any election […]
16-448. Write-in votes; instructions Whenever ballots are to be counted by electronic data processing equipment, all write-in votes for candidates, to be counted, shall be marked by the voter in the space provided opposite the names of the write-in candidates. The instructions to voters printed on the ballots shall instruct the voter that the vote […]
16-449. Required test of equipment and programs; notice; procedures manual A. Within the period of time before the election day prescribed by the secretary of state in the instructions and procedures manual adopted pursuant to section 16-452, the board of supervisors or other election officer in charge, or for an election involving state or federal […]
16-450. Location and acquisition of vote tabulating devices The vote tabulating device may be located at any place within the state approved by the board of supervisors of the county or the governing board of other political subdivisions using the device. The same device may be jointly owned, borrowed, leased or used by two or […]
16-451. Cost; means of financing The board of supervisors may provide for the payment of the cost of vote tabulating equipment in such manner and by such method as it may deem for the best local interests and also may for that purpose issue bonds, certificates of indebtedness or other obligations which shall be a […]
16-452. Rules; instructions and procedures manual; approval of manual; field check and review of systems; violation; classification A. After consultation with each county board of supervisors or other officer in charge of elections, the secretary of state shall prescribe rules to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness, impartiality, uniformity and efficiency on the […]
