Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 22-0555.01 Pierce Lively x2059
HOUSE BILL 22-1085
House Committees Senate Committees
State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING PAPER BALLOT FRAUD COUNTERMEASURES .101
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
The bill requires that paper used for paper ballots have certain
fraud countermeasures and that paper ballot records be provided by
vendors that have one or more specified accreditations in any primary,
general, coordinated statewide, or statewide recall election.
The bill also requires the general assembly to annually appropriate
money from the general fund to the department of state as necessary for
the department of state to pay county clerk and recorders for the costs
related to complying with the requirements of the bill.
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Hanks,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
(None),
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 1-5-414 as2
follows:3
1-5-414. Paper ballot fraud countermeasures - vendors -4
general fund appropriation. (1) C
OMMENCING WITH THE GENERAL5
ELECTION HELD IN NOVEMBER 2022, PAPER BALLOTS USED IN ANY6
PRIMARY, GENERAL, COORDINATED STATEWIDE , OR STATEWIDE RECALL7
ELECTION MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING BALLOT FRAUD8
COUNTERMEASURES :9
(a) U
NIQUE CONTROLLED-SUPPLY WATERMARKED CLEARING BANK10
SPECIFICATION ONE SECURITY PAPER;11
(b) S
ECURE HOLOGRAPHIC FOIL WITH A TOTAL SURFACE AREA OF12
BETWEEN TEN SQUARE MILLIMETERS AND TWENTY SQUARE MILLIMETERS13
AND WITH A PROPRIETARY ORIGINAL IMAGE IN VISIBLE AND14
MULTICOLORED INVISIBLE ULTRAVIOLET INKS . THE VISIBLE OVERPRINT15
MUST BE TRANSLUCENT SO THAT THE HOLOGRAM IMAGE STRIKES16
THROUGH THE PRINTED IMAGE WHEN VIEWED AT DIFFERENT ANGLES AND17
MUST BE CURED IN SUCH A WAY THAT ANY TAMPERING OF THE IMAGE18
CAUSES VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE HOLOGRAM . THE HOLOGRAPHIC FOIL19
DESIGN AND ORIGINATION ARTWORK MUST BE EXCLUSIVELY OWNED AND20
CONTROLLED BY THE SECURITY PRINTER .21
(c) B
RANDED OVERPRINT OF ANY HOLOGRAM THAT PERSONALIZES22
THE HOLOGRAM WITH A CUSTOMER LOGO ;23
(d) C
USTOM COMPLEX SECURITY BACKGROUND DESIGNS WITH24
BANKNOTE-LEVEL SECURITY;25
(e) S
ECURE VARIABLE DIGITAL INFILL;26
HB22-1085-2- (f) THERMOCHROMIC, TRI-THERMOCHROMIC, PHOTOCHROMIC, OR1
OPTICALLY VARIABLE INKS;2
(g) S
TEALTH NUMBERING IN ULTRAVIOLET , INFRARED, OR3
TAGGANT INKS;4
(h) T
WO-COLOR RAINBOW PRINT INVISIBLE ULTRAVIOLET5
NUMISMATIC DESIGNS WITH A FINE LINE SECURITY RELIEF DESIGN THAT6
FOLLOWS THE PRIMARY IMAGE 'S DESIGN EXACTLY AND WITH A MINIMUM7
LINE WEIGHT OF FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY -FOUR TEN THOUSANDTHS8
OF A MILLIMETER;9
(i) U
NIQUE FORENSIC FRAUD DETECTION TECHNOLOGY THAT IS10
BUILT INTO SECURITY INKS;11
(j) I
NVISIBLE ULTRAVIOLET MICROTEXT WITH AN ULTRAVIOLET12
IMAGE MINIMUM HEIGHT OF THREE TENTHS OF A MILLIMETER AND13
MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF ONE-HALF OF A MILLIMETER;14
(k) R
ASTER IMAGING PRINTED ON SEVENTY -FIVE PERCENT OF THE15
DOCUMENT FACE IN A MINIMUM TWO -COLOR INVISIBLE ULTRAVIOLET INK16
WITH A MINIMUM LINE WEIGHT OF TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY -TWO TEN17
THOUSANDTHS OF A MILLIMETER A ND A MAXIMUM LINE WEIGHT OF18
EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSANDTHS OF A MILLIMETER ;19
(l) T
HREE-COLOR INVISIBLE ULTRAVIOLET GUILLOCHE WITH AN20
ANTI-COPY FEATURE THAT IS A CUSTOM GEOMETRIC DESIGN SPECIFIC TO21
THE DOCUMENT AND WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF SECURE FINE LINE DETAIL22
CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE LINE WEIGHTS WITH A MINIMUM LINE WEIGHT OF23
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY -TWO THOUSANDTHS OF A MILLIMETER ;24
(m) V
ISIBLE COLORED OVERT INK WITH AN EMBEDDED COVERT ,25
NEAR-INFRARED, MACHINE-READABLE TAGGANT THAT IS CAPABLE OF26
DETECTION THROUGH PROPRIETARY INFRARED WAVELENGTH LIGHT27
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-3- SOURCE EXCITATION AND RELATED INFRARED WAVELENGTH EMISSION1
CHARACTERISTICS THAT CONFIRM AUTHENTICITY THROUGH A COMPLEX2
TEMPORAL MEASUREMENT WHEN READ BY A HAND -HELD, RECHARGEABLE3
BATTERY-OPERATED PROPRIETARY DETECTOR ;4
(n) A
MOLECULAR LEVEL, FORENSIC-COVERT SECURITY FEATURE5
INCLUDED IN THE INFRARED TAGGED INK PRESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION6
(1)(m)
OF THIS SECTION. THIS PROPRIETARY MOLECULAR MARKER MUST7
BE AUTHENTICATED BY LABORATORY ANALYSIS USING GAS8
CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND THE CONCENTRATION IN9
THE RELATED INK CANNOT BE MORE THAN ONE PART PER MILLION .10
(o) M
ICROPRINTING, A SECURITY RELIEF DESIGN TECHNIQUE THAT11
REQUIRES A BANKNOTE GRAPHICS SOFTWARE . THE DESIGN MUST PROTECT12
INFILL AREAS FROM FRAUDULENT ALTERATIONS .13
(p) M
ULTICOLORED INVISIBLE PRIMARY FLUORESCENT ELEMENTS14
THAT ARE PRINTED IN REGISTER TO CREATE A RAINBOW EFFECT15
BACKGROUND. THE IMAGE MUST INCORPORATE MULTIPLE SECURITY16
GRAPHIC TECHNIQUES AND MUST BE GENERATED USING17
ANTI-COUNTERFEIT DESIGN SOFTWARE THAT IS COMMERCIALLY18
AVAILABLE ONLY FOR APPROVED AND ACCREDITED PRINTERS .19
(q) S
ERIALIZED BLACK QUICK RESPONSE CODE, OTHERWISE KNOWN20
AS A "QR CODE", PRINTED ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND BOTTOM RIGHT21
CORNER THAT CAN BE READ BY NATIVE QUICK RESPONSE FUNCTIONS OF22
IOS
AND ANDROID SMARTPHONES , REDIRECTS THE VOTER TO A23
WEB-BASED VOTER INFORMATION PAGE, AND TRACKS THE VOTER'S BALLOT24
AS IT IS PROCESSED;25
(r) P
APER THAT IS EIGHT AND ONE-HALF INCHES WIDE BY NINETEEN26
TO TWENTY-TWO INCHES LONG AND THAT WEIGHS EIGHTY GRAMS PER27
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(s) A
PAPER RECEIPT FOR THE VOTER THAT IS A PERFORATED2
PORTION OF THE BALLOT SUITABLE FOR THE VOTER TO REMOVE FROM THE3
BALLOT AFTER COMPLETING THE BALLOT AND INCLUDES THE LOT NUMBER4
AND SEQUENCE NUMBER OF THE SHEET OF PAPER ON WHICH THE BALLOT5
IS PRINTED AND A SERIALIZED BLACK QUICK RESPONSE CODE THAT CAN BE6
READ BY NATIVE QUICK RESPONSE FUNCTIONS OF IOS AND ANDROID7
SMARTPHONES, REDIRECTS THE VOTER TO A WEB -BASED VOTER8
INFORMATION PAGE, AND TRACKS THE VOTER 'S BALLOT AS IT IS9
PROCESSED.10
(2) C
OMMENCING WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN11
N
OVEMBER 2022, PAPER BALLOTS USED IN ANY GENERAL OR RECALL12
ELECTION MUST BE PROVIDED BY VENDORS WHO ARE ACCREDITED13
PURSUANT TO ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC 45001, ISO/IEC14
14001,
ISO/IEC 14298, OR ISO/IEC 9001:2015 OF THE JOINT TECHNICAL15
COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR16
STANDARDIZATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL17
COMMISSION.18
(3) T
HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL ANNUALLY APPROPRIATE19
MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AS20
NECESSARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO PAY COUNTY CLERK AND21
RECORDERS FOR THE COSTS RELATED TO COMPLYING WITH THE22
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.23
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,24
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate25
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.26
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