For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
- (1) AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT. Includes any apparatus necessary to examine and count automatically votes designated on ballots and data processing machines which can be used for counting ballots and tabulating results.
- (2) COMMITTEE. The Alabama Electronic Voting Committee.
- (3) ELECTRONIC VOTE COUNTING SYSTEM. A system in which votes are recorded on a ballot and subsequently counted and tabulated by automatic tabulating equipment at one or more counting locations.
(Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-200, p. 374, §2; Act 99-663, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 121, §1; §17-24-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §39.)