25-4409. Ballot arrangement and display of information; candidate rotation; duties of election judges; review by poll agents, when. (a) The ballot information, shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of arrangement provided for paper ballots except that such information may be in vertical or horizontal rows, or in a number of separate pages. Voting squares or ovals may be before or after the names of candidates and statements of questions, and shall be of such size as is compatible with the type of system used. Ballot information shall be displayed in as plain clear type and size as the ballot spaces will reasonably permit. Where candidate rotation is used, the voting equipment shall be capable of meeting the requirements otherwise provided in law.

(b) Before the opening of the polls the election judges shall compare the ballots with the sample ballots furnished, and see that the ballot information thereon agrees and shall certify thereto on forms provided for this purpose. The certification shall be filed with the election returns.

(c) Before, during and after the operation of the polling place, the election judges shall make all electronic or electromechanical voting systems and vote tabulating equipment available to any candidate or any authorized poll agent for review to ensure there is no connectivity to the internet or to any other communications or computer network, including, but not limited to, a local area network, wireless network, cellular network or satellite network, or using bluetooth or any other wireless communications technology.

History: L. 1977, ch. 129, § 9; L. 2007, ch. 125, § 16; L. 2022, ch. 87, § 18; July 1.