(1)
Certification of
equipment. On or after December 17, 2003, new components for
transmission of election results by any electronic means may be used in
elections in Iowa only if the components are approved by the board of examiners
for use with a certified voting system. Existing systems containing electronic
transmission components in use before December 17, 2003, may continue to be
used until January 1, 2006, when the Help America Vote Act voting system
requirements become effective.
The examiners shall review the qualification test report
submitted with the application for examination and testing of the voting
system. If the test report for the voting system under examination shows that
the electronic transmission components have met the voting system standards and
the examiners concur, the electronic transmission components may be used in
conjunction with the voting system. If the qualification test report or the
examiners conclude that the electronic transmission components do not meet the
voting system standards, or if this feature is not mentioned in the report,
purchasers of the voting system may not transmit election results
electronically.
(2)
Procedures on election day. The election results may be
transmitted electronically from voting equipment to the county commissioner of
elections' office only after the precinct election officials have produced a
written report of the election results as required by Iowa Code section
50.11. All election officials of
the precinct shall sign the printed report of the election results. The signed
copy shall be the official tabulation from that precinct.
(3)
Procedures after election
day. Before the canvass by the board of supervisors, the county
commissioner of elections shall compare the signed, printed report from each
precinct with the results transmitted electronically from the precinct on
election night. The commissioner shall report any discrepancies between the two
sets of election results to the board of supervisors. The signed, printed
results produced pursuant to Iowa Code section
50.11 shall be considered the
correct results.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
50.11 and
52.41.
