3-5-2-16.3. "De minimus change"

IN Code § 3-5-2-16.3 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 16.3. (a) "De minimis change", with respect to a certified voting system's hardware, refers to a change to the hardware, the nature of which will not materially alter the system's reliability, functionality, capability, or operation.

(b) For a hardware change to qualify as a de minimis change, the change must:

(1) maintain, unaltered, the reliability, functionality, capability, and operability of a system; and

(2) ensure that when hardware is replaced, the original hardware and the replacement hardware are electronically and mechanically interchangeable and have identical functionality and tolerances.

(c) The following are not de minimis changes:

(1) Software and firmware modifications.

(2) The change has reasonable and identifiable potential to affect the system's operation and compliance with applicable voting system standards.

As added by P.L.76-2014, SEC.1.