§ NRS § 293B.130Requirements

1.  Before any election where a mechanical
voting system is to be used, the county clerk shall prepare or cause to be
prepared a computer program on cards, tape or other material suitable for use
with the computer or counting device to be employed for counting the votes
cast. The program must cause the computer or counting device to operate in the
following manner:

(a) All lawful votes cast by each voter must be
counted.

(b) All unlawful votes, including, without
limitation, overvotes or, in a primary election or presidential preference
primary election, votes cast for a candidate of a major political party other
than the party, if any, of the registration of the voter must not be counted.

(c) If the election is:

(1) A primary election held in an
even-numbered year;

(2) A presidential preference primary
election; or

(3) A general election,

Ê the total
votes, other than mail ballots, must be accumulated by precinct.

(d) The computer or counting device must halt or
indicate by appropriate signal if a ballot is encountered which lacks a code
identifying the precinct in which it was voted and, in a primary election or
presidential preference primary election, identifying the major political party
of the voter.

2.  The program must be prepared under the
supervision of the accuracy certification board appointed pursuant to the
provisions of NRS 293B.140.

3.  The county clerk shall take such
measures as he or she deems necessary to protect the program from being altered
or damaged.