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HB 2707 Electronic voting equipment; requirements and recount procedures.

Introduced by: Timothy D. Hugo | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Election procedures; voting equipment requirements; recounts. Prohibits future purchases of direct recording electronic (DRE) devices; and provides for the phase out of DRE devices as the devices now in operation wear out. Prohibits any form of wireless communication to or from voting or counting devices while polls are open on election day. Requires localities to provide accessible equipment for disabled voters. The bill deletes obsolete references to mechanical voting equipment and punchcard devices. The bill incorporates HBs 2077 and 2734 and as passed is identical to SB 840.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Election procedures; voting equipment requirements; and recounts.  Prohibits future purchases of direct recording electronic (DRE) devices; and provides for the phase out of DRE devices as the devices now in operation wear out. Prohibits any form of wireless communication to or from voting or counting devices on election day.  Requires localities to provide accessible equipment for disabled voters.  The bill deletes obsolete references to mechanical voting equipment and punchcard devices.  This bill incorporates HBs 2077 and 2734.

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  Repeals outdated authorization for mechanical voting devices and outdated references to punchcards and mechanical voting devices.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.