1. A. The storage facility used for county storage of voting systems shall employ a sign-in and sign-out sheet to document each individual entering or leaving the facility, to include election officials.

2. B. Unless located in a secure, locked area in the county clerk’s office, the storage facility used for county storage of voting systems:

   (1) shall be provided with an intrusion detection alarm system and a video surveillance system meeting ISO or ANSI standards; and

   (2) shall be provided with exterior lighting of sufficient intensity to afford observers immediate recognition of illegal acts such as breaking and entering or unauthorized removal of equipment during non-working hours; switches for exterior lights shall be installed only in the interior of the building; exterior lights shall be protected from damage or replaced if damaged within 72 (seventy-two) hours of such occurrence; and

   (3) shall have access doors for the storage facility constructed of materials that will render forcible entry extremely difficult in a period of 5 minutes;

   (4) in addition, the county clerk shall limit unescorted access to the storage facility to election officials, individuals authorized by the county clerk and those individuals permitted access under the provisions of the New Mexico Election Code (Chapter 1, Articles 1 through 24, NMSA 1978); and

   (5) the county clerk and county clerk staff shall have unlimited access to the storage facility and access shall not be controlled by any third party.

3. C. During transit from the storage facility to or from a polling place, vehicles transporting voting systems shall not be left unlocked if unattended. Moving companies contracted with by a county for the transport of voting systems shall be insured and bonded.
4. D. The storage facility shall include a locked and restricted access area for removable storage media devices, which will preserve the integrity of the devices. If the voting system’s removable storage media devices are to be programmed outside of the storage facility, chain of custody documentation shall be preserved by the county clerk.
5. E. The board of county commissioners shall be responsible for the costs of the security requirements associated with properly storing state or county-owned voting systems in the custody of the county clerk.

[1.10.34.8 NMAC - N, 10/1/2011]