TITLE 34

ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 24

VOTING BY MACHINE OR VOTE TALLY SYSTEM

34-2413.  Preparation of machines for use — Instructions. (1) Before each election at which voting machines or vote tally systems are to be used, the county clerk of a county, in which voting machines or vote tally systems are to be used, shall cause them to be properly prepared and shall cause the election board to be properly instructed in their use.

(2)  For the purpose of giving such instruction, the county clerk shall call the meeting or meetings of the election board that are necessary. Each election board shall attend the meetings and receive the instruction necessary for the proper conduct of the election with the machine or vote tally system.

(3)  No election board judge or clerk shall serve in any election at which a voting machine or vote tally system is used unless he has received the required instruction and is fully qualified to perform the duties in connection with the machine or vote tally system; but this requirement shall not prevent the appointment of an election board clerk to fill a vacancy in an emergency.

History:

[34-2413, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 144, p. 351; am. 2012, ch. 211, sec. 13, p. 579.]