Public Demonstration of Voting Equipment by NCSBE

The State Board of Elections will hold an in-person meeting at 11 am on Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

The meeting will start with a voting system demonstration in Room 2009, Second Floor, Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, N.C. (entrance on the Third Floor via the Halifax Mall). After the demonstration, the meeting with recess and reconvene in the Board Room, Third Floor, Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, N.C.

When the Board reconvenes in the Board Room after the voting system demonstration, any member of the public may listen live to the meeting online or by phone using the information below. This portion of the meeting will begin at 1 pm or soon thereafter.

Online: Webex (Password: NCSBE)
By Phone: Dial 415-655-0003, enter access code 2431 869 3961 #, passcode 62723
Meeting materials will be posted as they are available to the State Board’s meeting website.

Tentative Agenda
Voting System Public Demonstration

Voting Systems Certification Program Manual

Recess

Statement regarding ethics and conflicts of interest

G.S. § 138A-15(e)

Approval of prior meeting minutes

G.S. § 143-318.10(e)

County board member appointment

G.S. § 163-30(a)

Consideration of declaratory ruling

G.S. § 150B-4

Consideration of waiver requests for campaign finance late-filing penalties

G.S. § 163-278.34(a)

Consideration of adoption of rules for photo identification implementation

G.S. § 150B-21.1; G.S. § 163-166.7(c)

Consideration of photo ID exception form

G.S. § 163-166.16(d)–(e)

Adjourn
https://www.ncsbe.gov/news/events/public-demonstration-ess-evs-6300-voting-equipment

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PRESS RELEASE

State Board to Host Public Demonstration of Voting Equipment

The State Board of Elections later this month will host a public demonstration of a new voting system under consideration for use in North Carolina elections.

RALEIGH, NC
The State Board of Elections later this month will host a public demonstration of a new voting system under consideration for use in North Carolina elections.

The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 27 in Room 2009 (OSBM Commission Room) on the Second Floor of the Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury St., downtown Raleigh.

In January 2023, Election Systems & Software (ES&S) requested certification of its EVS 6.3.0.0 Voting System. A voting system is the complete software and hardware solution for preparing, casting, and counting ballots. It includes ballot tabulators, ballot marking devices, and election management computers. Once a voting system is certified at the state level, any county board of elections is permitted to procure that voting system for use in a county’s elections.

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Facts About Voting System Certification in NC

●North Carolina law requires that voting systems meet certain federal and state requirements. The federal requirements are found in Section 301 of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) (PDF). State requirements are found in sections 163-165.7, -165.8, -165.9, and -165.9A of the North Carolina General Statutes; in Chapter 4 of Title 8 of the North Carolina Administrative Code; and in the State Board’s Elections Systems Certification Program (PDF).

●All voting systems are certified by the State Board of Elections after undergoing mandatory testing by nationally accredited laboratories. All systems used in North Carolina have been tested, used, and audited in other states. This ensures that voting systems are reliable, accurate, user-friendly, accessible to persons with disabilities, and capable of secure operation.

●Each of the 100 county boards of elections, in conjunction with their county board of commissioners, decides which approved voting system will best serve their voters. Before a county may purchase a new system, the county must conduct public demonstrations of the equipment and test its use in an election or simulated election.

●Once certified as a voting system in North Carolina, the vendor must deposit the system’s source code in an escrow account maintained by the State, post a bond or line of credit (currently $17.01 million) to offset the cost of a new statewide election in the event of a defect in the voting system, and establish an office with support personnel in the state.

●Under state law, voting equipment may not be connected to the internet or use wireless access, limiting the possibility of outside interference.
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Read more about Voting Equipment https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/voting-equipment
used in North Carolina.

Read more about Pending Voting System
Certifications. https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/voting-equipment/pending-voting-system-certifications


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Read the press release in its entirety, including links here

https://www.ncsbe.gov/news/press-releases/2023/06/13/state-board-host-public-demonstration-voting-equipment

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