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2000 SESSION
SB 485 Ballots and voting equipment.
Introduced by: Kevin G. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Ballots and voting equipment. Provides that in precincts where “mark sense” ballots (for example, ballots marked by pencil and counted by a scanning device) are used, the mark sense ballot may serve as the official paper ballot with State Board approval. The bill carries provisions for the securing of ballots and the later counting of the ballots when a counting device becomes inoperative during an election.
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Ballots and voting equipment. Provides that in precincts where “mark sense” ballots (for example, ballots marked by pencil and counted by a scanning device) are used, the mark sense ballot may serve as the official paper ballot with State Board approval. The bill carries provisions for the securing of ballots and the later counting of the ballots when a counting device becomes inoperative during an election.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Ballots and voting equipment. Provides that in precincts where “mark sense” ballots (for example, ballots marked by pencil and counted by a scanning device) are used, the mark sense ballot may serve as the official paper ballot with State Board approval. The bill carries provisions for the securing of ballots and the later counting of the ballots when a counting device becomes inoperative during an election and for removing and securing ballots stored within a counting device when the storage capacity of the device may be insufficient because of a large vote.