Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1360-02-02-.02

Current through January 8, 2025
Section 1360-02-02-.02 - CERTIFICATION OF VOTING MACHINES
(1) No punch card voting machines or device will be approved for use in the State of Tennessee that does not:
(a) Provide facilities for voting for candidates at both primary and general elections or at nonpartisan elections or at a combination of a nonpartisan and partisan primary or general election;
(b) Permit a voter to vote for any person for any office, whether or not nominated as a candidate by a political party;
(c) Insure voting in absolute secrecy;
(d) Permit a voter to vote for any candidate or on any special measure for whom or on which such voter is lawfully entitled to vote;
(e) Provide sufficient illumination to enable the voters while in the voting booth to read the ballot labels and see the ballot card;
(f) Permit each voter, at presidential elections, by one punch or mark to vote for the candidates of any party for president, vice-president, and their presidential electors;
(g) Clearly indicate, through the use of similarly colored ballot pages and ballot cards, proper differentiation and identification of the various primaries being voted on in any election.

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1360-02-02-.02

Original rule filed April 19, 1974; effective May 19, 1974. Repeal and new rule filed August 19, 1994; effective December 29, 1994.

Authority: T.C.A.§§2-910,2-11-201(c).