§ 7-202. Voting machine or system; requirements of. 1. A voting\nmachine or system to be approved by the state board of elections shall:\n a. be constructed so as to allow for voting for all candidates who may\nbe nominated and on all ballot proposals which may be submitted and,\nexcept for elections at which the number of parties and independent\nbodies on the ballot exceeds the number of rows or columns available, so\nthat the amount of space between the names of any two candidates of any\nparty or independent body in any row or column of such machine or system\nat any election is no greater than the amount of space between the names\nof any other candidates of such party or independent body at such\nelection;\n b. permit a voter to vote for any person for any office, whether or\nnot nominated as a candidate by any party or independent body without\nthe ballot, or any part thereof, being removed from the machine at any\ntime;\n c. be constructed so that a voter cannot vote for a candidate or on a\nballot proposal for whom or on which he or she is not lawfully entitled\nto vote;\n d. if the voter selects votes for more than one candidate for a single\noffice, except where a voter is lawfully entitled to vote for more than\none person for that office, notify the voter that the voter has selected\nmore than one candidate for a single office on the ballot, notify the\nvoter before the ballot is cast and counted of the effect of casting\nmultiple votes for the office, and provide the voter with the\nopportunity to correct the ballot before the ballot is cast and counted;\n e. provide the voter an opportunity to privately and independently\nverify votes selected and the ability to privately and independently\nchange such votes or correct any error before the ballot is cast and\ncounted;\n f. be provided with a "protective counter" which records the number of\ntimes the machine or system has been operated since it was built and a\n"public counter" which records the number of persons who have voted on\nthe machine at each separate election;\n g. be provided with a lock or locks, or other device or devices, the\nuse of which, immediately after the polls are closed or the operation of\nthe machine or system for such election is completed, will absolutely\nsecure the voting or registering mechanism and prevent the recording of\nadditional votes;\n h. be provided with sufficient space to display the information\nrequired herein, provided, however, in the alternative, such information\nmay be displayed within the official ballot;\n i. be provided with a device for printing or photographing all\ncounters or numbers recorded by the machine or system before the polls\nopen and after the polls close which shall be a permanent record with a\nmanual audit capacity available for canvassing the votes recorded by the\nmachine or system; such paper record shall be preserved in accordance\nwith the provisions of section 3-222 of this chapter;\n j. retain all paper ballots cast or produce and retain a voter\nverified permanent paper record which shall be presented to the voter\nfrom behind a window or other device before the ballot is cast, in a\nmanner intended and designed to protect the privacy of the voter; such\nballots or record shall allow a manual audit and shall be preserved in\naccordance with the provisions of section 3-222 of this chapter;\n k. provide sufficient illumination to enable the voter to see the\nballot;\n l. be suitable for the use of election officers in examining the\ncounters such that the protective counters and public counters on all\nsuch machines or systems must be located so that they will be visible to\nthe inspectors and watchers at all times while the polls are open;\n m. be provided with a screen and hood or curtain or privacy features\nwith equivalent function which shall be so made and adjusted as to\nconceal the voter and his or her action while voting;\n n. contain a device which enables all the
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