Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1360-02-13-.11 - CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

(1) No county election commission and no county governing body shall enter into a contract for the purchase, lease, or lease-purchase of any electronic voting machines or devices unless such contract provides for adequate assistance by such manufacturer or sales agency to the county election commission for not less than the first two county-wide elections conducted with the use of such electronic voting machines or devices. The manufacturers or sales agency shall agree to provide as minimum assistance: educational materials, including films, newspaper copy, brochures, press kits, and radio scripts; on site computer operations training, including programming and printing ballots; written and personal instructions to polling official personnel; ballot layout forms, maintenance manuals, and adequate personnel to provide all such assistance.

(2) One copy of every such contract entered into shall be supplied to the Coordinator of Elections of the State of Tennessee and one copy of every such contract shall be forwarded to the Chairman of the Tennessee State Election Commission.

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Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1360-02-13-.11

Original rule filed February 24, 1987; effective May 27, 1987.

Authority: T.C.A., § 2-11-201(c).