Ohio Administrative Code
Title 111:3 - Elections
Chapter 111:3-9 - Voting Machines and Equipment
Section 111:3-9-07 - Demonstration procedure
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 111:3-9-07
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) During the physical demonstration required under rule 111:3-9-06 of the Administrative Code, the vendor shall do all of the following:
(1) Display and discuss
the standard operations manual.
(2) Demonstrate ballot set up, including
provision for:
(a) Rotation among
precincts.
(b) Split
precincts.
(3)
Demonstrate opening of polls.
(4)
Demonstrate means of locking out access to set up procedures to any but
authorized personnel.
(5)
Demonstrate means of locking out access to set up procedures to prevent
overvote, or response to an overvote if no lockout exists.
(6) Demonstrate recovery from power
failure.
(7) Discuss sensitivity to
variations in operating conditions, including:
(a) Temperature,
(b) Humidity,
(c) Dust.
(8) Demonstrate accessibility to disabled
voters.
(9) Demonstrate write-in
capacity, and protection of voter privacy.
(10) Demonstrate means by which a voter can
change vote.
(11) Demonstrate means
by which a voter casts a ballot.
(12) Demonstrate how enclosure protects voter
privacy.
(13) Demonstrate closing
of the polls.
(14) Demonstrate
taking the count, based on an actual series of votes cast during the
demonstration.
(15) Discuss and
demonstrate backup memory features and physical audit trail, if any.
(16) Demonstrate report of results.
(17) Discuss and demonstrate recount
procedures.
(18) Demonstrate the
question of operation in the following situations:
(a) Overlapping school districts in one
precinct,
(b) Primary election with
multiple parties and issues only ballots to be counted,
(c) Rotation of names,
(d) Ballots inserted backwards, or upside
down in an optical scanner,
(e)
Overvotes for an office,
(f) How an
individual vote cannot be traced to the individual voter,
(g) Production of abstracts in standard
secretary of state's format.
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