California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 7 - Secretary of State › Chapter 6.1 - Experimental Use of a Voting System in a Pilot Program › Article 1 - 1. Approval of Pilot Programs › Section 20686 - Application

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An application
				  to conduct a pilot program shall be submitted to Secretary of State by the
				  governing board of the jurisdiction that plans to conduct the pilot
				  program.
(b) The application shall
				  include the following:
(1) Information
				  regarding the request for approval, including voting technology type,
				  application date, and system name and version.
(2) Information about the applicant,
				  including name, address, telephone number, and business address, if
				  applicable.
(3) Information about
				  the voting system including, but not limited to, software and firmware version
				  numbers.
(4) The Pilot Program
				  Plan, as described in Section
				  20687.
(5) System configurations, option settings
				  and definition parameters for all software, firmware, and hardware (including
				  commercial off the shelf).
(6) A
				  directory listing of program, data, and support files required to install,
				  configure, operate, and/or provide supplemental support for the voting
				  system.
(7) A description of known
				  defects, faults or failures as defined in Elections Code section
				  19210,
				  outstanding bugs, security vulnerabilities or other limitations of the system
				  and any mitigations for each.
(8)
				  Use procedures for the voting system.
(9) A detailed network diagram of what
				  components are connected or related and how they are connected.
(10) Photographs of the voting
				  system.
(11) A list of any other
				  jurisdictions that are using or have used the exact version of the voting
				  system being submitted.
(12) A list
				  of California jurisdictional users who are using a predecessor version of the
				  voting system being submitted.
(13)
				  All financial relationships between the applicant and the manufacturer,
				  distributor, or retailer of the various components comprising the voting
				  system.
(14) All the documentation
				  necessary for the identification of the full system configuration submitted for
				  evaluation, collectively referred to as the Technical Data Package (TDP) and as
				  set forth in the "California Voting System Standards (October 2014)," which are
				  hereby incorporated by reference. The TDP provides information that defines the
				  voting system design, method of operation, and related resources. It provides a
				  system overview and documents the system's functionality, hardware, software,
				  security, test and verification specifications, operations procedures,
				  maintenance procedures, and personnel deployment and training
				  requirements.
(15) A TDP main part
				  including:
(i) Implementation
				  Statement;
(ii) System Hardware
				  Specification;
(iii) Application
				  Logic Design and Specification;
(iv) System Security Specification;
(v) System Test Specification;
(vi) Configuration for Review; and
(vii) Quality and Configuration Management
				  Manual.
(16) TDP user
				  documentation including:
(i) System
				  Overview;
(ii) System Functionality
				  Description;
(iii) System Security
				  Manual;
(iv) System Operations
				  Manual;
(v) System Maintenance
				  Manual;
(vi) Personnel Deployment
				  and Training Requirements; and
(vii) Use Procedures.
(17) Any additional information the Secretary
				  of State may request on an as-needed basis from the applicant.