Rule 1-19-1.1 - Definitions For the purposes of these rules the below terms mean the following:
A. "Voting systems" means any voting machine, voting device, precinct ballot scanner, central scanner, ballot-marking device, ballot-on-demand printing system, tabulation server or vote tabulating device, along with necessary operating software, that: (i) Does not utilize pre-scored punch card ballots; and(ii) Produces a voter verifiable paper ballot; and(iii) Does not have the capability for remote wireless connection. Note: "Does not have the capability for remote wireless connection" means that voting systems do not contain any hardware that would allow remote wireless connection.
B. "Systems that produce voter verifiable paper ballots" include voting systems that process and count ballots that have been marked by either a voter or ballot-marking device, or a voting system that produce a ballot that can be verified by a voter before being counted by a precinct ballot scanner or central scanner.C. The Mississippi Secretary of State may otherwise be referred herein as the "Secretary".D. "Grant program" means the "Mississippi Voting Modernization Grant Program" and may also be referred herein as "MVMGP".S.B. 2879 (2022 Regular Session)