§1364. Placement and sufficiency of voting machines and counting equipment for absentee by mail and early voting
A. The secretary of state shall determine the sufficiency of the voting machines and absentee by mail and early voting counting equipment necessary to conduct absentee by mail and early voting in an election. He shall ensure that the number of voting machines and the absentee by mail and early voting counting equipment placed within a parish for an election is adequate and sufficient to process and count the absentee by mail and early voting ballots cast in the election within a reasonable period.
B. Following an election, the secretary of state shall determine whether such voting machines and absentee by mail and early voting counting equipment shall remain with the registrar of voters, whether it shall be transferred to a voting machine warehouse or other storage facility, or whether it shall be relocated to another parish.
Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §1, eff. April 23, 2002; Acts 2005, No. 220, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
NOTE: The change from "commissioner of elections" to "secretary of state" was made pursuant to the authority of R.S. 24:253. See Acts 2001, No. 451, §6, eff. Jan. 12, 2004, which provides for the change of references from the Dept. of Elections and Registration to the Department of State and the commissioner of elections to the secretary of state.
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