§ 19:52-8 — Voter security, paper ballots, privacy sleeves, screens, shield, curtain.

1. In a manner consistent with the requirement for voting machines to secure the voter's secrecy in the act of voting as required under R.S.19:48-1, and for electronic voting systems to provide for the secrecy of a voter's vote under sections 3 and 6 of P.L.1973, c.82 (C.19:53A-3 and C.19:53A-6): a. In all counties wherein voters use hand-marked paper ballots to cast the voter's vote, a privacy sleeve into which the voted ballot can be inserted and fully shielded from view shall be provided to the voter. b. In all counties wherein ballot scanning machines are used to cast hand-marked paper ballots, the county shall ensure that privacy is maintained as the voter inserts the voted ballot into the ballot scanning machine. c. In all counties wherein voters use a direct recording electronic voting machine to cast the voter's vote, the direct recording electronic voting machine shall contain a privacy screen, shield, or curtain so that privacy is maintained as the voter casts the voter's vote. L.2022, c.67, s.1.