Requirements for approval of system

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  • No electronic voting system shall be approved for use in the Virgin Islands unless it is so constructed that:
    • (1) It permits and requires voting in secrecy;

    • (2) It permits each elector to vote at any election for all persons and offices for whom and for which he is lawfully entitled to vote, and no others; to vote for as many persons for an office as he is entitled to vote for; and to vote for or against any question upon which he is entitled to vote;

    • (3) The electronic voting system may be set to reject all votes for any office or measure when the number of votes therefor exceeds the number which the voter is entitled to cast or when the voter is not entitled to cast a vote for the office or measure;

    • (4) It is capable of correctly counting votes;

    • (5) When used in primary elections, the electronic voting equipment will count votes for the candidates of one part; reject all votes for an office when the number of votes therefor exceeds the number which the voter is entitled to cast; and reject all votes of a voter cast for candidates of more than one party;

    • (6) It provides a method for write-in or paste-in voting;

    • (7) It is capable of accumulating a count of the specific number of votes tallied for a polling place, accumulating total votes by candidate for each office, and accumulating total votes for and against each question and issue of the ballots tallied for a polling place;

    • (8) It is capable of tallying votes from ballots of different parties from the same polling place, in the case of a primary election;

    • (9) It is capable of automatically producing precinct totals in printed form; and

    • (10) Deleted.

    • (11) It is accessible for persons with disabilities, including persons who are blind or have low vision.


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