Chapter 22. VOTING SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONIC POLL BOOKS

present for any formal action. Approval by two of the three examiners is required to approve any action to be taken by the examiners. 22.3(1) Notice of the time and place of any meeting by the board of examiners must be published pursuant to Iowa Code section 21.4. 22.3(2) Meetin…

22.30(1) Certification of equipment. On or after December 17, 2003, new components for transmission of election results by any electronic means may be used in elections in Iowa only if the components are approved by the board of examiners for use with a certified voting system. E…

the commissioner shall carefully examine and test the equipment to: 22.31(1) Verify that the system delivered is certified for use in Iowa. The commissioner shall compare the voting system version numbers with the list of certified voting equipment provided by the state commissio…

5/25/11.

configured to sort blank ballots and ballots containing marks in write-in vote targets for review by the resolution board. The scanners shall not be configured to sort ballots with overvotes. However, if it is not possible to configure the scanners used to count absentee ballots …

provisional ballot results shall be reported as a single precinct as required by subrule 22.102(7).

22.342(1) Write-in votes shall be reported on a separate tally sheet which provides a column for the names of offices, a column for the names of persons receiving votes, space to tally the votes received, and a column in which to report the total number of votes cast for each per…

ballots are tabulated on the day before the election as permitted or required by Iowa Code section 53.23 as amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, House File 670, the absentee and special voters precinct board and county commissioner shall implement the following security precautions: 22.343…

10/8/08, effective 9/19/08.

effective 9/19/08.

22.4(1) The examiners shall be reimbursed for travel to and from the meeting place at the rate specified in Iowa Code section 70A.9. The examiners shall also be reimbursed for actual expenses for meals and lodging, if necessary. a. If the meeting was called for the purpose of exa…

equipment used to tabulate absentee ballots) shall be tested before use at any election, as required by Iowa Code section 52.35. The process and results of the test shall be documented and available for inspection. 22.41(1) Each automatic tabulating device (including equipment th…

for use in the election, including those for use at the polling places and for absentee balloting. Each of the following test decks shall be prepared for every precinct and ballot style in the election. Commissioners may use additional test methods to supplement the process descr…

22.43(1) The equipment shall be inspected to determine whether it has been prepared properly for the election at which it will be used. The following information shall be verified: a. The correct program cartridge or memory card is in place for the election and the precinct or pr…

10/8/08, effective 9/19/08.

10/8/08, effective 9/19/08.

1/1/03.

9/19/08.

certification of voting equipment for use in the state of Iowa shall apply to the secretary of state for an appointment with the examiners. The application shall include five copies of each of the following: 22.5(1) History of the equipment to be examined. This history shall incl…

include detailed plans to protect the election equipment and data from unauthorized access. The policy shall describe the methods to be used to preserve the integrity of the election and to document the election process. 22.50(1) Staff access. The security policy shall describe w…

These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 52. E-POLL BOOKS

memory storage devices are required: 22.51(1) Serial number. Each memory storage device shall have a serial number printed on a readily visible label. The label shall include the name of the county. 22.51(2) Inventory. Memory storage devices owned by the county and retained in th…

immediately cease using any malfunctioning voting equipment and report the problem to the commissioner. Only a person who is authorized in writing by the commissioner to do so shall be permitted to attempt to repair malfunctioning voting equipment. The person shall show identific…

OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEMS

state shall immediately forward copies of the application to each of the examiners. The examiners shall review the application and within seven days a date shall be set for the examiners to meet and examine the equipment. If additional information is needed by the examiners, they…

place modernization panel to review applications submitted to the state commissioner for distribution of moneys from the revolving loan fund created in Iowa Code section 47.11. 22.600(1) Definitions. “E-poll book” is as defined in rule 721—22.1(52). “Vendor,” for purposes of this…

22.601(1) Definitions. “E-poll book” is as defined in rule 721—22.1(52). “Vendor,” for purposes of this rule, means a person or representative of a person developing, offering, or supporting an e-poll book. 22.601(2) Operational requirements. When assessing applications for fundi…

including those funded by county moneys, shall conform to the following security standards. 22.602(1) Definitions. “E-poll book” is as defined in rule 721—22.1(47). “Secure,” for purposes of this rule, means “encryption” as defined by Iowa Code section 715C.1(5). “Vendor,” for pu…

funded by county moneys, shall conform to the following certification procedure. 22.603(1) Definitions. “E-poll book” means the same as defined in rule 721—22.1(47). “Vendor,” for purposes of this rule, means a person or representative of a person developing, offering, or support…

a system meets the requirements of Iowa law or whether a change to a voting system is de minimis or a modification, the examiners shall notify the vendor of the decision. The vendor may suggest the names of reliable independent test authorities to the examiners and may decline to…

the equipment to determine the nature of the experience of other users.

deemed necessary by the examiners, production models of the equipment submitted for certification. The equipment shall be prepared by the examiners with the aid of the vendor to be tested at two sample elections: a sample partisan primary election, and a sample general election. …