{"data":{"id":"us-nm/1-9-7.8","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"1-9-7.8","heading":"Voting systems; operational requirements.","body":"Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall:\nA. have internal application software that is specifically designed and engineered for the election application;\nB. include comprehensive diagnostics designed to ensure that failures do not go undetected;\nC. have a real-time clock capable of recording and documenting the total time polls are opened; and\nD. have a self-contained, internal backup battery that powers all components of the system that are powered by alternating current power; and, in the event of a power outage in the polling place:\n(1) the self-contained, internal backup battery power shall engage with no disruption of operation for at least two hours and with no loss of data; and\n(2) the system shall maintain all vote totals, public counter totals and the internal clock time in the event that the main power and battery backup power fail.","path":["Chapter 1 - Elections","ARTICLE 9 Voting Machines"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18502/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"22ec3a47bbb8196b88177543c435258308d44a8a303d999bf56a8997c34be006","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/1-9-7.7","next":"us-nm/1-9-7.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}