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Section 19210 Of Article 1. Procedures For Certification Of Voting Systems From California Elections Code >> Division 19. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. (a) A person, corporation, or public agency owning or having
an interest in the sale or acquisition of a voting system or a part
of a voting system may apply to the Secretary of State for
certification that includes testing and examination of the applicant'
s system by a state-approved testing agency or expert technicians and
a report on the findings, which shall include the accuracy and
efficiency of the voting system. As part of its application, the
applicant shall notify the Secretary of State in writing of any known
defect, fault, or failure of the version of the hardware, software,
or firmware of the voting system or a part of the voting system
submitted. The Secretary of State shall not begin his or her
certification process until he or she receives a completed
application. The applicant shall also notify the Secretary of State
in writing of any defect, fault, or failure of the version of the
hardware, software, or firmware of the voting system or a part of the
voting system submitted that is discovered after the application is
submitted and before the Secretary of State submits the report
required by Section 19213. The Secretary of State shall complete his
or her certification process without undue delay.
(b) The Secretary of State shall publish and make publicly available on his or her Internet Web site a quarterly report of regulatory activities related to voting systems.
(c) As used in this article:
(1) "Defect" means any flaw in the hardware or documentation of a voting system that could result in a state of unfitness for use or nonconformance to the manufacturer's specifications or applicable law.
(2) "Failure" means a discrepancy between the external results of the operation of any software or firmware in a voting system and the manufacturer's product requirements for that software or firmware or applicable law.
(3) "Fault" means a step, process, or data definition in any software or firmware in a voting system that is incorrect under the manufacturer's program specification or applicable law.
(b) The Secretary of State shall publish and make publicly available on his or her Internet Web site a quarterly report of regulatory activities related to voting systems.
(c) As used in this article:
(1) "Defect" means any flaw in the hardware or documentation of a voting system that could result in a state of unfitness for use or nonconformance to the manufacturer's specifications or applicable law.
(2) "Failure" means a discrepancy between the external results of the operation of any software or firmware in a voting system and the manufacturer's product requirements for that software or firmware or applicable law.
(3) "Fault" means a step, process, or data definition in any software or firmware in a voting system that is incorrect under the manufacturer's program specification or applicable law.
