(1) No punch card voting machines or device will be approved for use in the State of Tennessee that does not:
- (a) Provide facilities for voting for candidates at both primary and general elections or at nonpartisan elections or at a combination of a nonpartisan and partisan primary or general election;
- (b) Permit a voter to vote for any person for any office, whether or not nominated as a candidate by a political party;
- (c) Insure voting in absolute secrecy;
- (d) Permit a voter to vote for any candidate or on any special measure for whom or on which such voter is lawfully entitled to vote;
- (e) Provide sufficient illumination to enable the voters while in the voting booth to read the ballot labels and see the ballot card;
- (f) Permit each voter, at presidential elections, by one punch or mark to vote for the candidates of any party for president, vice-president, and their presidential electors;
- (g) Clearly indicate, through the use of similarly colored ballot pages and ballot cards, proper differentiation and identification of the various primaries being voted on in any election.
Authority: T.C.A.§§2—910, 2—11—201(c). Administrative History: Original rule filed April 19, 1974; effective May 19, 1974. Repeal and new rule filed August 19, 1994; effective December 29, 1994.