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HB 2077 Electronic voting equipment;direct recording electronic devices be equipped to produce paper record.
Introduced by: Ward L. Armstrong | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Election procedures; voting equipment requirements; recount procedures. Beginning January 1, 2009, requires vendors seeking State Board of Elections certification of direct recording electronic (DRE) devices to equip them to produce a paper record of each vote that can be verified by the voter and provides for use of paper records in recounts. Allows use of currently certified DRE machines without voter-verified paper record capacity. Requires localities to provide voting equipment accessible to disabled voters and when required by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the capacity for alternative languages. Repeals outdated authorization for mechanical voting devices and outdated references to punchcards and mechanical voting devices. This bill has been incorporated into HB 2707.
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- 01/08/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075527216 pdf | impact statement
- 01/12/07 House: Introduced bill reprinted 075527216 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/08/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075527216
- 01/12/07 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/12/07 House: Introduced bill reprinted 075527216
- 01/18/07 House: Assigned P & E sub: #2 (Jones, S.C.)
- 01/26/07 House: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (HB2707-Hugo) by voice vote