1. (a) This subsection applies to a ballot card voting system. The test required by section 22 of this chapter must:

   1. (1) be conducted by processing a preaudited group of ballot cards marked so as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each public question;
   2. (2) include for each office one (1) or more ballot cards that have votes in excess of the number allowed by law in order to test the ability of the automatic tabulating machines to reject the votes; and
   3. (3) include at least one (1) ballot from three (3) different precincts where an election will be conducted.

2. (b) This subsection applies to a voting system that includes features of a ballot card voting system and a direct record electronic voting system. The test required by section 22 of this chapter must:

   1. (1) be conducted by the entry of:

      1. (A) a preaudited group of ballots; and

      2. (B) at least ten (10) ballots cast by using the headphone or a sip/puff device;

         so as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each public question; and

   2. (2) include at least one (1) ballot for each office and public question that has votes in excess of the number allowed by law in order to test the ability of the voting system to reject the overvotes.

3. (c) This subsection applies to a voting system described in subsections (a) and (b). The test required under section 22 of this chapter must include at least one (1) ballot that must be rejected under IC 3-11.5-4-13 , and the voting system must void the ballot in accordance with IC 3-11.5-4-6 before the ballot is tabulated.

   [Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-4-4(f) part.]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.6-1986, SEC.26; P.L.26-2000, SEC.18; P.L.221-2005, SEC.79; P.L.169-2015, SEC.128; P.L.193-2021, SEC.52; P.L.212-2025, SEC.4.