New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle V - State Board of Elections
Part 6212 - Procedures For Digitizing Voters' Signatures
Section 6212.6 - Acceptance testing

Universal Citation: 9 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 6212.6

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) All hardware and software purchased shall be tested following delivery. The purpose of the acceptance testing is to determine if the hardware, software, documentation and other materials delivered meet the terms of the contract.

(b) Acceptance testing shall be performed in accordance with the plan submitted to and approved by the State Board as part of the proposed contract before purchase, except that other requirements may be added to the plan if, at the time of delivery or in the course of testing, the county board or State Board deems it advisable to do so.

(c) Acceptance testing shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) Examination of the manufacture's specifications for all hardware delivered in order to confirm that the equipment supplied is that which was promised and described in the contract.

(2) Functional testing of the system, hardware and software, by county board personnel with instruction and assistance of vendor personnel. The functional testing shall be performed with actual source documents, including specimens of all the varying types of such source documents that will be used in the conversion and maintenance. Special attention shall be given to such factors as the speed of the equipment, ease of understanding and operation, the adequacy of the software documentation, capability for accommodating the variety of source documents and quality of signature facsimile both on the screen and on hard copy. The testing shall not be cursory but shall be as extensive as possible and shall take into consideration the response of the system at times of high stress.

(d) The process of acceptance testing shall be documented by the county board of record all testing performed and the findings therefrom.

(e) The county board shall certify to the State Board that acceptance testing has been completed and shall supply to the State Board a copy of the documentation of that testing.

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