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SB 35 Recount procedures; ensures that logic and accuracy tests are performed after programming tabulator.

Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Elections; recount procedures.  Requires hard copy optical scan ballots to be rerun through appropriately programmed tabulators in recount proceedings. Present law provides that the tabulator printout will be sufficient unless it is unclear or the court orders the ballots to be rerun.  The bill also requires logic and accuracy tests to be run on tabulators prior to their being used in a recount.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Elections; recount procedures.  Requires hard copy optical scan ballots to be rerun through appropriately programmed tabulators in recount proceedings. Present law provides that the tabulator printout will be sufficient unless it is unclear or the court orders the ballots to be rerun.  The bill also requires logic and accuracy tests to be run on tabulators prior to their being used in a recount and provides that the figures reported by direct electronic voting devices will be accepted as correct even though greater than the number of persons voting only so long as the discrepancy is not sufficient to affect the outcome of the election.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Elections; recount procedures.  Requires hard copy optical scan ballots to be rerun through appropriately programmed tabulators in recount proceedings. Present law provides that the tabulator printout will be sufficient unless it is unclear or the court orders the ballots to be rerun.