Title 16.1, Elections

The official ballots provided for in this title for partisan election at general elections must be prepared as follows: 1. The ballots must be of sufficient length and width to contain a continuous listing of the designation of all the offices to be voted for. 2. On the top left-…

In addition to the ballots prepared pursuant to section 16.1-06-05, ballots must be prepared containing only the names of duly certified candidates for presidential electors for use by persons authorized to vote for those offices by law. The provisions of this title regarding the…

1. In presidential election years the ballot provided for in section 16.1-06-05 must include the designation of the office of president and vice president as the first listing of the continuous listing of the designation of each office to be voted for. The names of presidential e…

There must be a separate no-party ballot at the general election upon which must be placed the names of all candidates who have been nominated on the no-party primary ballot at the primary election. Such ballots must be in the same form as the no-party primary ballot and must be …

1. Constitutional amendments or measures, initiated measures, and referred measures, duly certified to the county auditor by the secretary of state, or any other question or measure to be voted on, except the election of public officers at any primary, general, or special electio…

Voting systems may be used in accordance with this chapter. Voting systems may be procured, provided the systems being procured have been approved and certified for procurement and use in the state by the secretary of state according to section 16.1-06-26. The system then may be …

As used in this title with regard to voting systems: 1. "Ballot" means a paper ballot from which the votes for candidates and questions are tabulated by hand or by a voting system. The term includes the digital image of a marked ballot captured by a voting system. 2. "Ballot mark…

Any voting system used in an election in this state must: 1. Provide facilities for voting for nominated candidates, for persons not in nomination, and upon questions or measures submitted to the voters. 2. Permit each voter to vote for as many persons for any office as the voter…

1. All voting systems used in this state must be tested according to guidelines established by the secretary of state and as follows to ascertain whether the automatic tabulating equipment will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and measures. The testing must be cond…

For each election precinct in the county, the county auditor shall provide the number of ballots the auditor determines to be necessary. Each county auditor shall: 1. Have the ballots printed at least fifteen days before the election and available for public inspection at the aud…

At the same time as other election supplies are provided and distributed, the county auditor shall provide: 1. A sufficient number of voting system devices and ballots. 2. One facsimile diagram of the entire face of the voting system devices as the devices will appear while the p…

County auditors shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, by reliable method, to the inspector of elections in each polling place the official ballots. The ballots must be delivered in sealed packages marked plainly with the name of the precinct. The county auditor also shall deli…

Each county auditor shall have posters printed, in large type, containing full instructions to electors on obtaining and voting ballots and a copy of section 16.1-01-12, any federal laws regarding prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentations, and general information on vo…

In addition to other duties provided by law, the election inspector and judges shall provide adequate instruction on the use of the voting device to each voter before the voter enters the voting booth.

The county auditor shall see that one paper or electronic pollbook is delivered to the election inspector in each election precinct or polling place in the county. The election inspector shall deliver the pollbook, or cause the pollbook to be delivered, to the clerks of election …

The board of county commissioners, at the expense of the county, shall provide suitable ballot boxes for each election polling place in the county.

The secretary of state shall send instructions for generating reports for all returns of votes required to be made to the secretary of state's office.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter relating to voting systems, who tampers with or injures any voting system or device to be used or being used in any election, or who prevents the correct operation of any such system or device to be used or being used …

1. The secretary of state may adopt rules according to subsection 3 of section 16.1-01-01 for certifying and decertifying voting systems authorized in section 16.1-06-11, including any software, hardware, and firmware components used as a part of a voting system device for use an…