Immediately after each electronic voting machine has been prepared for the election, the county clerk shall prepare a written certificate, which shall be filed in the county clerk's office. A copy of the certificate shall be posted on the voting machine, and one copy shall be forwarded to the secretary of state. The certificate shall show the serial number for the voting machine, whether or not the machine has all of its public counters set at zero and whether or not the machine has been tested by voting on each public counter to prove the counter is in perfect condition. The certificate shall also show the number of the seal that has sealed the machine and the number registered on the public counter.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-11-8, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 217; 1981, ch. 137, § 2; 1985, ch. 207, § 27; 2011, ch. 137, § 77.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For manner of preparing voting machine, see 1-11-6 NMSA 1978.
For notice of sealing, see 1-11-8 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, made stylistic changes.