Section 293B.110 - Certification of software and operating systems before each federal election; maintenance of audit trail1. Not earlier than 2 weeks before, and not later than 5 p.m. on the day before, the first day of early voting, in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary of State, each county clerk shall certify that: (a) The software used to tabulate ballots; and(b) The operating systems, including, without limitation, software and firmware, installed on each mechanical recording device or ballot marking device or ballot marking device, have been certified by the Voting System Testing and Certification Program of the Election Assistance Commission established pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 20921. 2. The county clerk shall certify the operating systems, including, without limitation, software and firmware, pursuant to subsection 1 by confirming that each component of such operating systems used pursuant to subsection 1 matches the identity registered with the National Software Reference Library.3. The date and time that the operating systems of each mechanical recording device and ballot marking device are certified pursuant to subsection 2 must be recorded, and, subject to the provisions of subsection 4, an audit trail must be maintained from that date which sets forth each instance that the mechanical recording device or ballot marking device is accessed.4. The audit trail required pursuant to subsection 3 must include, without limitation: (a) The name of the supervisor responsible for accessing the mechanical recording device or ballot marking device;(b) The reason for accessing the mechanical recording device or ballot marking device; and(c) The date and time that the accessing of the mechanical recording device or ballot marking device was completed.Nev. Admin. Code § 293B.110
Added to NAC by Sec'y of State by R163-07, eff. 12-4-2007; A by R111-21A, eff. 2/28/2022NRS 293.124, 293.247, 293.3677, 293B.105