As used in this title, the following definitions shall apply to counties using voting devices: 1. “Ballot” means a printed paper document upon which votes for various offices or measures may be marked; 2. “Count” means the process by which votes marked on a ballot card are examined manually or electronically by a voting device and a determination is made as to whom or for what the votes are cast; 3. “Election results storage medium” means the apparatus which contains electronic instructions for a voting device and in which electronic results are stored; 4. “Results” means the manual or electronic tabulation of the votes counted for a candidate or issue; 5. “Seal” means a device or devices prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board to permit detection of opening or tampering with contents of voting devices, ballot boxes, transfer cases and election results storage media; 6. “Transfer case” means a container, prescribed by the Secretary of the State Election Board, which can be closed and sealed and is constructed so as to, when sealed, prevent accidental opening or opening by any other reasonable means, except by removing, breaking, tearing or otherwise damaging the seal so if opened by any means it would be obvious in the normal situation that the container had been subject to tampering; and 7. “Voting device” means an optical scanning apparatus that electronically counts votes marked on ballots and produces printed results. Added by Laws 1991, c. 2, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 25, 1991. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 189, § 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Laws 2011, c. 139, § 3.
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