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2001 SESSION
SJ 352 Study; modernizing voter equipment and election procedures.
Introduced by: Nick Rerras | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Study; modernizing voter equipment and election procedures. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study modernizing voter equipment and election procedures. The subcommittee shall (i) evaluate the various voting systems and other technologies now used across the Commonwealth; (ii) establish the extent to which, and the circumstances under which, spoiled ballots are cast or rescinded in elections; (iii) collect information regarding possible or actual voter misunderstanding of the ballot in elections throughout the Commonwealth; (iv) solicit the advice and experience of local election registrars in ascertaining, establishing, and certifying the results of elections for accuracy and fairness; (v) examine new and developing technologies that might advance the goals of better determining voter eligibility, ensuring voter privacy, enhancing the ability of voters to cast accurate and legal ballots, and promoting the accuracy of ballot counting; (vi) investigate the experience of, and monitor current actions in, other states; and (vii) consider and make any other recommendations for changes that may be desirable to advance the certainty of, and fairness in establishing, the outcome of elections in the Commonwealth.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/01 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/01 016177522
- 01/10/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/05/01 Senate: Incorporated by Rules (SJ363-Miller, K.G.) by voice vote