WAC 434-253-110   Examination of voting devices.  While the poll booths are open, precinct election officers shall examine the voting devices, poll booths, printed materials within the poll booths, and paper printers or paper canisters attached to direct recording electronic devices to ensure that they have not been tampered with and are in proper working condition. Precinct election officers must also monitor for instances where voters using a direct recording electronic device have left the polling place without casting their ballots. At polling places other than the courthouse, there must be one precinct election officer dedicated to monitoring the voting devices.

     (1) If any seal or lock on a direct recording electronic device, including seals for the paper printer or paper canister, has been broken or tampered with, the direct recording electronic device and paper printer must be removed from service for the remainder of the election. The direct recording electronic device and paper printer must be transferred pursuant to WAC 434-253-115 (1)(b). A written report regarding the circumstances of the removal from service must be sent to the county canvassing board.

     (2) Precinct election officers must replace any printed materials that were to remain in the poll booth if they have been defaced, removed, or destroyed.

     (3) If a paper printer for a direct recording electronic device has malfunctioned or run out of paper, it must be handled pursuant to WAC 434-253-115.

     (4) If a voter has voted and left the polling place without casting his or her ballot, it must be handled in accordance with WAC 434-253-080.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 29A.04.611. 06-14-048, § 434-253-110, filed 6/28/06, effective 7/29/06; 05-24-040, § 434-253-110, filed 11/30/05, effective 12/31/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 29.04.080, 29.04.210, 29.36.150 and 29.79.200. 98-03-033, § 434-253-110, filed 1/13/98, effective 2/13/98; 97-21-045, recodified as § 434-253-110, filed 10/13/97, effective 11/13/97. Statutory Authority: 1990 c 59. 92-12-083, § 434-53-110, filed 6/2/92, effective 7/3/92.]