New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle V - State Board of Elections
Part 6209 - Voting Systems Standards
Section 6209.10 - Acceptance testing
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) County boards, under the supervision of the State Board, shall conduct a public acceptance test on each unit of any voting system purchased by such county. Such acceptance testing shall begin within 72 hours of delivery of the equipment from the vendor to the purchaser and shall be completed prior to the use of the equipment in any election.
(b) Such testing shall be conducted under the supervision of the State Board in accordance with the testing requirements and formats provided by the State Board. This test may consist in part, of the original certification test deck as utilized by the State Board in the certification of the system.
(c) Acceptance testing for voting systems shall include the comparison of software installed on the delivered system to certified software, via the use of a Secure Hash Signature Standard (SHS) Validation Program, contained in Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 180-2 issued by the National Institute Standards Technology.
(d) Acceptance testing for non-PC-based voting systems shall include testing to be prescribed by the State Board at the time of system selection, pursuant to section 6209.5(i) of this Part, to verify that the voting system delivered to the county board is identical to the system certified by the State Board.
(e) The results of acceptance testing shall be both documented and attested to by the county board and the State Board, and the documentation placed in the maintenance log for the system, and on file with the State Board.
(f) If the acceptance test reveals any impropriety or fault in the ballot counting system's equipment, the vendor must make corrections to such improper or faulty equipment within 15 days from the date of such acceptance testing.
(g) The State Board, upon its review of the acceptance testing of such system's equipment may, at its discretion, rescind certification of said equipment in the State of New York in accordance with the provisions of section 6209.8 of this Part.
