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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 33.10.01.03" title_num="33" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="01" heading="System Specifications — In General.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Privacy.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The tabulators shall store digital ballots images randomly to preserve the secrecy of the digital ballot images.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Each ballot marking device shall include a voting booth.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Auditability. The tabulators shall provide a vote cast record of all ballots cast and audit log of alerts provided to voters and tabulator events and errors.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Memory Device.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Each precinct tabulator and high speed tabulator shall have a memory device that stores ballot images and reads selections marked or printed on a ballot.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Each ballot marking device shall have a memory device that identifies the ballot style to display.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Each memory device shall have both a human-readable label and an electronically recognizable identifier.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The label and identifier shall match before the memory device is used in any operation related to vote counting.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Ballot Selections. Ballot selections shall be made directly on a ballot using a marking instrument approved by the system’s manufacturer or by using the ballot marking device.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Public and Protective Counters.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Public Counter.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Each tabulator shall have a public counter that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Is visible from the outside of the voting unit; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>During any period of voting, shows the total number of voters who used the voting unit during that period.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The public counter shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Be set at zero at the beginning of each election; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Register once each time a ballot is scanned and tabulated during that election.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Protective Counter.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Each tabulator shall have a protective counter that shows the total number of voters who have operated the voting unit since it was first put in service.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The protective counter shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Not be reset; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Register once each time a voter marks or casts a ballot during any election.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Changes to Software and Logic. After preelection testing of the system, as prescribed by Regulations .14 and .15 of this chapter, any hardware, software, or firmware changes shall be completely documented in each component’s internal audit log and be capable of being printed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Actions Taken to Change Conditions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The system shall be capable of printing from its audit trail:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Actions taken by operators to change conditions; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The time of occurrence.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>System operators shall record in a logbook all actions to change conditions that cannot be printed from the audit trail. That logbook, as well as all reports produced by the printer, shall be retained by the local board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>