Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1360-02-02-.02 - CERTIFICATION OF VOTING MACHINES

(1) No punch card voting machines or device will be approved for use in the State of Tennessee that does not:

(a) Provide facilities for voting for candidates at both primary and general elections or at nonpartisan elections or at a combination of a nonpartisan and partisan primary or general election;

(b) Permit a voter to vote for any person for any office, whether or not nominated as a candidate by a political party;

(c) Insure voting in absolute secrecy;

(d) Permit a voter to vote for any candidate or on any special measure for whom or on which such voter is lawfully entitled to vote;

(e) Provide sufficient illumination to enable the voters while in the voting booth to read the ballot labels and see the ballot card;

(f) Permit each voter, at presidential elections, by one punch or mark to vote for the candidates of any party for president, vice-president, and their presidential electors;

(g) Clearly indicate, through the use of similarly colored ballot pages and ballot cards, proper differentiation and identification of the various primaries being voted on in any election.

Notes

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1360-02-02-.02

Original rule filed April 19, 1974; effective May 19, 1974. Repeal and new rule filed August 19, 1994; effective December 29, 1994.

Authority: T.C.A.§§2-910,2-11-201(c).