CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1829Introduced by Assembly Member SeyartoFebruary 07, 2022 An act to amend Section 19289 of the Elections Code, relating to voting. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1829, as introduced, Seyarto. Voting: vote by mail systems. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to certify or conditionally approve any remote accessible vote by mail system before its first use in an election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to make publicly available various testing, examination, and certification reports pertaining to a remote accessible vote by mail system, both before and after the decision to certify or conditionally approve the system, as applicable. Among these requirements, existing law requires the Secretary of State to make publicly available, within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except as specified. This bill would specify that the Secretary of States duty to make publicly available a full and complete copy of the certification report and associated documentation within 10 days after issuing and filing the certification decision and associated testing reports includes the duty to post these items on the Secretary of States internet website.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19289 of the Elections Code is amended to read:19289. Within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public public, including by posting on the Secretary of States internet website, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except that portions of the report or documentation that contain information that the Secretary of State determines to be confidential or proprietary shall not be made publicly available. The Secretary of State shall notify the board of supervisors and elections official of each county of the availability of the report and associated documentation.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1829Introduced by Assembly Member SeyartoFebruary 07, 2022 An act to amend Section 19289 of the Elections Code, relating to voting. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1829, as introduced, Seyarto. Voting: vote by mail systems. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to certify or conditionally approve any remote accessible vote by mail system before its first use in an election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to make publicly available various testing, examination, and certification reports pertaining to a remote accessible vote by mail system, both before and after the decision to certify or conditionally approve the system, as applicable. Among these requirements, existing law requires the Secretary of State to make publicly available, within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except as specified. This bill would specify that the Secretary of States duty to make publicly available a full and complete copy of the certification report and associated documentation within 10 days after issuing and filing the certification decision and associated testing reports includes the duty to post these items on the Secretary of States internet website.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1829
Introduced by Assembly Member SeyartoFebruary 07, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Seyarto
February 07, 2022
An act to amend Section 19289 of the Elections Code, relating to voting.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1829, as introduced, Seyarto. Voting: vote by mail systems.
Existing law requires the Secretary of State to certify or conditionally approve any remote accessible vote by mail system before its first use in an election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to make publicly available various testing, examination, and certification reports pertaining to a remote accessible vote by mail system, both before and after the decision to certify or conditionally approve the system, as applicable. Among these requirements, existing law requires the Secretary of State to make publicly available, within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except as specified. This bill would specify that the Secretary of States duty to make publicly available a full and complete copy of the certification report and associated documentation within 10 days after issuing and filing the certification decision and associated testing reports includes the duty to post these items on the Secretary of States internet website.
Existing law requires the Secretary of State to certify or conditionally approve any remote accessible vote by mail system before its first use in an election. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to make publicly available various testing, examination, and certification reports pertaining to a remote accessible vote by mail system, both before and after the decision to certify or conditionally approve the system, as applicable. Among these requirements, existing law requires the Secretary of State to make publicly available, within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except as specified.
This bill would specify that the Secretary of States duty to make publicly available a full and complete copy of the certification report and associated documentation within 10 days after issuing and filing the certification decision and associated testing reports includes the duty to post these items on the Secretary of States internet website.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19289 of the Elections Code is amended to read:19289. Within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public public, including by posting on the Secretary of States internet website, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except that portions of the report or documentation that contain information that the Secretary of State determines to be confidential or proprietary shall not be made publicly available. The Secretary of State shall notify the board of supervisors and elections official of each county of the availability of the report and associated documentation.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 19289 of the Elections Code is amended to read:19289. Within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public public, including by posting on the Secretary of States internet website, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except that portions of the report or documentation that contain information that the Secretary of State determines to be confidential or proprietary shall not be made publicly available. The Secretary of State shall notify the board of supervisors and elections official of each county of the availability of the report and associated documentation.
SECTION 1. Section 19289 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
19289. Within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public public, including by posting on the Secretary of States internet website, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except that portions of the report or documentation that contain information that the Secretary of State determines to be confidential or proprietary shall not be made publicly available. The Secretary of State shall notify the board of supervisors and elections official of each county of the availability of the report and associated documentation.
19289. Within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public public, including by posting on the Secretary of States internet website, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except that portions of the report or documentation that contain information that the Secretary of State determines to be confidential or proprietary shall not be made publicly available. The Secretary of State shall notify the board of supervisors and elections official of each county of the availability of the report and associated documentation.
19289. Within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public public, including by posting on the Secretary of States internet website, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except that portions of the report or documentation that contain information that the Secretary of State determines to be confidential or proprietary shall not be made publicly available. The Secretary of State shall notify the board of supervisors and elections official of each county of the availability of the report and associated documentation.
19289. Within 10 days after issuing and filing a certification decision and associated testing reports, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public public, including by posting on the Secretary of States internet website, a full and complete copy of the certification report and all associated documentation, except that portions of the report or documentation that contain information that the Secretary of State determines to be confidential or proprietary shall not be made publicly available. The Secretary of State shall notify the board of supervisors and elections official of each county of the availability of the report and associated documentation.