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Pre-poll testing of DRE voting system, etc.

Presidential Elections Act 1991

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—(1) Immediately before the commencement of the poll in any electoral division specified in a notice under section 16(5), the presiding officer at every polling station within the electoral division must, and in the sight of such person as may be present at the polling station —(a)ensure that every DRE voting machine and direct recording electronic voting equipment delivered to the polling station for use at the poll is approved under section 33B(2) and still sealed and secured against use;(b)install the approved DRE voting machine and direct recording electronic voting equipment for use at the poll at the polling station;(c)inspect and test each DRE voting machine and direct recording electronic voting equipment so installed in the prescribed manner to ensure that it is functioning properly and take such corrective action (including replacement or repair) as is necessary to ensure that it is functioning properly; and(d)unsecure the DRE voting machine for use at the poll.(2) The presiding officer at a polling station using DRE voting machines and direct recording electronic voting equipment at the poll must periodically inspect or cause to be inspected the machines and equipment for tampering and damage or any malfunction while voting is in progress.(3) If at any time before or after the commencement of a poll using a DRE voting system, the presiding officer at a polling station determines that the approved DRE voting machines or direct recording electronic voting equipment delivered to the polling station cannot be replaced or repaired promptly and that voting cannot be continued using the remaining approved DRE voting machines and approved direct recording electronic voting equipment without interfering substantially with the orderly conduct of the poll, the presiding officer must, with the approval of the Returning Officer —(a)immediately halt voting at that polling station if the poll has already commenced; and(b)make such necessary arrangements for voting at the polling station —(i)to commence or resume (as the case may be) on the same day and close at such other hours as the Returning Officer may appoint, using either the same DRE voting system or ballot papers in accordance with the provisions of this Act; or(ii)to be adjourned and conducted afresh on such other date as the Returning Officer may declare by notification in the Gazette, being a date not more than one week later, using either the same DRE voting system or ballot papers in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

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