Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1360 - Department of State
Subtitle 1360-02 - Elections
Chapter 1360-02-05 - Duties of County Election Commission
Section 1360-02-05-.06 - COMPUTER USE

(a) Secure the operating system and the application program as one unit.

(b) Lock out unwarranted actions on the console and log all actions.

(c) Generate an operating system that does not include multi-programming capabilities.

(d) Physically lock out all unused input-output devices. This provision means that before beginning vote-tallying program testing or running on a computer also used for other purposes, all extraneous peripheral equipment should be physically disconnected. The erasure of memory locations that are to remain accessible to the system, except those minimally required to load a new operating system, if any, should be accomplished. Active measures should be undertaken to assure that any tapes or disks to be used that are supposed to be initially blank are actually blank (except for machine-readable inventory identifiers) and have no defects.

(e) Physically protect the master console or ballot tabulator after initial program loading. This shall mean that some person unanimously agreed upon by the county election commission shall stand guard over the said master console or ballot tabulator to prevent unauthorized tampering with it. Such person shall take the oath provided in T.C.A. §2-1-111.

(f) Require written certification to the Coordinator's office by the registrar and county election commissioners that the foregoing actions were properly taken.