52.2 - PURCHASE.
52.2 PURCHASE.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the board of
supervisors of a county may, by a majority vote, authorize, purchase,
and order the use of voting machines or an optical scan voting system
in any one or more voting precincts within the county until otherwise
ordered by the board of supervisors. Voting machines and an optical
scan voting system may be used concurrently at the same precinct.
2. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, for elections
held on or after November 4, 2008, a county shall use an optical scan
voting system only. The requirements of the federal Help America
Vote Act relating to disabled voters shall be met by a county through
the use of electronic ballot marking devices that are compatible with
an optical scan voting system. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 1137-a8; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 905; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 52.2] Section History: Recent Form
2004 Acts, ch 1083, §25, 37; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §6; 2008 Acts, ch
1176, §3, 10
Referred to in § 47.10, 331.383