- (a) For any voting tabulation device, or any modification to a voting tabulation device, to be certified for use in Texas elections, the device shall include a continuous feed printer dedicated to a real-time audit log. All significant election events and their date and time stamps shall be printed to the audit log.
(b) The definition of "significant election events" in subsection (a) of this rule includes but is not limited to:
- (1) error messages and operator response to those messages;
- (2) number of ballots read for a given precinct;
- (3) completion of reading ballots for a given precinct;
- (4) identity of the input ports used for modem transfers from precincts;
- (5) users logging in and out from election system;
- (6) precincts being zeroed;
- (7) reports being generated; and
- (8) diagnostics of any type being run.
- (c) The audit log for an election shall be retained by the custodian of election records for the appropriate preservation period.
Source Note:The provisions of this §81.62 adopted to be effective January 31, 1999, 24 TexReg 553.