PURPOSE: This rule provides a method by which the election authority and the secretary of state are assured that the systems being purchased are approved for use in Missouri.

1. (1) No election authority shall authorize payment for software or hardware used for the tabulation of ballots unless they have on file in their office a copy of the letter of authorization from the secretary of state to the manufacturer of the equipment, software, or both, being purchased which states that the equipment, software, or both, is approved for use in Missouri.

AUTHORITY: section 115.225, RSMo Supp. 2023.* Original rule filed Dec. 15, 1986, effective Feb. 28, 1987. Amended: Filed Nov. 29, 2023, effective June 30, 2024.

*Original authority: 115,225, RSMo 1977, amended 1993, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022.