General Assembly Raised Bill No. 252
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1812
*01812_______GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 252
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 1812
*01812_______GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING POST-ELECTION AUDIT INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 9-320f of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(a) Not earlier than the fifteenth day after any election or primary and not later than two business days before the canvass of votes by the Secretary of the State, Treasurer and Comptroller, for any federal or state election or primary, or by the [town] municipal clerk for any municipal election or primary, the registrars of voters shall conduct a manual audit or, for an election or primary held on or after January 1, 2016, an electronic audit authorized under section 9-320g of the votes recorded in not less than [ten] five per cent of the voting districts [in the state, district or municipality, whichever is applicable. Such manual or electronic audit shall be noticed in advance and be] and central counting locations for absentee and election day registration ballots in such election or primary, as identified by moderators' returns required under subsection (c) of section 9-314, as amended by this act, and certifications required under section 9-228a, as amended by this act. The registrars shall resolve any error, omission or ambiguity in any such return or certification by auditing (1) each district omitted from such return or certification, and (2) the largest set of ballots or districts ambiguously identified. Not later than three days prior to any manual or electronic audit, the registrars shall give notice of such audit to the public and notify via electronic mail or telephone any elector requesting such notification. Each such audit shall be open to public observation. Any election official who participates in the administration and conduct of an audit pursuant to this section shall be compensated by the municipality at the standard rate of pay established by such municipality for elections or primaries, as the case may be.
(b) (1) The voting districts subject to an audit described in subsection (a) of this section shall be selected in a random drawing by the Secretary of the State and such selection process shall be open to the public. The offices and questions subject to an audit pursuant to this [section shall be, (1) in the case of an election where the office of presidential elector is on the ballot, all offices required to be audited by federal law, plus one additional office selected in a random drawing by the Secretary of the State, but in no case less than three offices, (2) in the case of an election where the office of Governor is on the ballot, all offices required to be audited by federal law, plus one additional office selected in a random drawing by the Secretary of the State, but in no case less than three offices, (3) in the case of a municipal election, three offices or twenty per cent of the number of offices on the ballot, whichever is greater, selected at random] subdivision shall be, (A) in the case of an election, three contested offices or questions on the ballot in each district, randomly selected by the municipal clerk [, and (4) in the case of a primary election, all offices required to be audited by federal law, plus one additional office, if any, but in no event less than twenty per cent of the offices on the ballot, selected in a random drawing] or registrars of voters in a public drawing prior to the conduct of such audit, and (B) in the case of a primary, one office on the ballot for each district and for each party holding a primary, which office is randomly selected by the municipal clerk or registrars of voters in a public drawing prior to the conduct of such audit.
(2) The Secretary shall further select in a random drawing five per cent of the municipalities in the election or primary for audit of the central counting locations for absentee and election day registration ballots, if any, within such selected municipalities. In such selected municipalities, one voting district shall be randomly selected by the municipal clerk or registrars of voters in a public drawing prior to the conduct of such audit and each contested office and question on the ballot in such district for an election, or on the ballot for each party in such district for a primary if held, shall be subject to an audit pursuant to this subdivision.
(c) If a selected voting district has an office that is subject to recanvass [or] of an election or primary contest pursuant to the general statutes or if such voting district would be the fourth voting district selected for audit within a municipality, the Secretary shall select an alternative district, pursuant to the process described in subsection (b) of this section.
(d) (1) The manual or electronic audit described in subsection (a) of this section shall consist of (A) the manual or electronic [tabulation] count of the paper ballots cast and [counted] tabulated by each voting tabulator subject to such audit, [. Once complete, the vote totals established pursuant to such manual or electronic tabulation shall be compared to the results reported by the voting tabulator on the day of the election or primary. The results of such manual or electronic tabulation shall be reported on a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State which shall include the total number of ballots counted, the total votes received by each candidate in question, the total votes received by each candidate in question on ballots that were properly completed by each voter and the total votes received by each candidate in question on ballots that were not properly completed by each voter. Such report shall be] and (B) the manual tabulation of all ballots initially counted by hand if there are at least fifty ballots in the voting district. The report of any such audit, produced as set forth in subdivision (2) or (3) of this subsection, shall be immediately filed with the Secretary of the State who shall immediately forward such report to The University of Connecticut for analysis. [The] Not later than one hundred eighty days after the day of an election or primary, The University of Connecticut shall file a written report with the Secretary of the State regarding such analysis that describes any discrepancies identified. After receipt of such report, the Secretary of the State shall immediately file a copy of such report with the State Elections Enforcement Commission.
(2) In the case of a manual audit, all paper ballots shall be counted manually. Once complete, the outcome of such manual count shall be compared to the results reported on the day of the election or primary. The registrars shall record the outcome of the manual count on a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State and shall include on such form (A) the total number of ballots counted, (B) the total number of votes received by each candidate for the office so audited or in favor of each question so audited, (C) the total number of votes received by each such candidate or in favor of each such question on ballots containing markings that should have been accepted by the tabulators as properly marked, and (D) the total number of votes received by each such candidate or in favor of each such question on ballots containing markings that may or may not have been accepted by the tabulator as properly marked.
(3) In the case of an electronic audit, all paper ballots shall be counted by means of electronic equipment approved by, and specifications for the testing, set-up and operation of such equipment prescribed by, the Secretary of the State pursuant to section 9-320g. Such electronic audit shall produce a cast vote record for each ballot that identifies each vote assigned by such electronic equipment on each ballot and associates the ballot with a cast vote record either by the sequence in which the ballot was scanned or by a unique identifier added to each ballot. The registrars of voters shall export the cast vote record for each ballot produced by such electronic audit to a standard computer format, make the same available for review by members of the public observing such audit and transmit the same to the Secretary of the State. Immediately following transmission of the cast vote record to the Secretary, the registrars shall randomly select twenty ballots plus two per cent of all ballots counted by such electronic equipment for each district selected for audit, provided the total number of ballots shall not exceed sixty, and conduct a manual count of such randomly selected ballots by comparing the cast vote record associated with such ballots to the interpretations of the markings on such ballots by the registrars. For each ballot so manually counted, the registrars shall record any difference between the associated cast vote record and such interpretation, and shall identify any circumstance that may account for any such difference, including, but not limited to, an improperly marked ballot or, in the case of a ballot counted manually on the day of the election or primary, any difference in interpretation of the intent of the voter. The registrars shall record the outcome of the electronic equipment count on a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State and shall include on such form (A) the total number of ballots counted by such electronic equipment, (B) the total number of votes received by each candidate for the office so audited or in favor of each question so audited as counted by such electronic equipment, (C) a record of such ballots counted and votes received printed from such electronic equipment, (D) a copy of the vote totals produced by the tabulator on the day of the election or primary, in accordance with section 9-309, as amended by this act, and (E) a record of such manual count of randomly selected ballots.
(e) For the purposes of this section, a ballot counted by the tabulator on the day of the election or primary that has not been properly completed will be deemed to be a ballot on which (1) [votes have been marked by the voter outside] the voter has not fully marked his or her votes within the vote targets, resulting in votes that may or may not have been counted by the tabulator, or (2) votes have been marked by the voter using a manual marking device that cannot be read by the voting tabulator. [, or (3) in the judgment of the registrars of voters, the voter marked the ballot in such a manner that the voting tabulator may not have read the marks as votes cast.]
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9-311, the Secretary of the State shall order a manual or electronic audit or manual discrepancy recanvass of the returns of an election or primary for any office or question if a discrepancy, as defined in subsection (o) of this section, exists where the margin of victory [in the race] for such office or the margin of victory or defeat for such question is less than the amount of the discrepancy multiplied by the total number of voting districts where such race appeared on the ballot, provided in a year in which the Secretary of the State is a candidate for an office on the ballot and that office is subject to an audit as provided by this section, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall order a manual or electronic audit or manual discrepancy recanvass if a discrepancy, as defined by subsection (o) of this section, has occurred that could affect the outcome of the election or primary for such office.
(g) If The University of Connecticut report described in subsection (d) of this section indicates that a voting tabulator or any electronic equipment used in an electronic audit failed to record votes accurately and in the manner provided by the general statutes, the Secretary of the State shall require that the voting tabulator or electronic equipment be examined and recertified by the Secretary of the State, or the Secretary's designee. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary of the State from requiring that a voting tabulator be examined and recertified.
(h) [The] Each municipal audit report filed pursuant to subsection (d) of this section shall be open to public inspection and may be used, for thirty days after such filing, as prima facie evidence of a discrepancy in any contest arising pursuant to chapter 149 or for any other cause of action arising from such election or primary.
(i) If the audit officials are unable to reconcile the manual or electronic count from an audit [described in subsection (a) of] conducted pursuant to this section with the electronic vote tabulation produced on the day of the election or primary and the discrepancies from the election or primary, the Secretary of the State shall conduct such further investigation of any malfunction of the voting tabulator [malfunction] or electronic equipment used in an electronic audit as may be necessary for the purpose of reviewing whether or not to decertify the voting tabulator, [or] tabulators or electronic equipment in question or to order the voting tabulator or electronic equipment to be examined and recertified pursuant to subsection (g) of this section. Any report produced by the Secretary of the State as a result of such investigation shall be filed with the State Elections Enforcement Commission and the commission may initiate such further investigation in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 9-7b as may be required to determine if any violations of the general statutes concerning election law have been committed.
(j) The individual paper ballots used at an election or primary shall be carefully preserved and returned in their designated receptacle in accordance with the requirements of section 9-266 or 9-310, as amended by this act, whichever is applicable.
(k) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude any candidate or elector from seeking additional remedies pursuant to chapter 149.
(l) After an election or primary, any voting tabulator may be kept locked for a period longer than that prescribed by sections 9-266, 9-310, as amended by this act, and 9-447, if such an extended period is ordered by either a court of competent jurisdiction, the Secretary of the State or the State Elections Enforcement Commission. Either the court or the Secretary of the State may order an audit of such voting tabulator to be conducted by such persons as the court or the Secretary of the State may designate, provided the State Elections Enforcement Commission may order such an audit under the circumstances prescribed in subsection (f) of this section. If the machine utilized in such election or primary is an optical scan voting system, such order to lock such machine shall include the tabulator, memory card and all other components and processes utilized in the programming of such machine.
(m) The Secretary of the State may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as may be necessary for the conduct of the manual or electronic [tabulation of the paper ballots described in subsection (a) of] audit described in this section and to establish guidelines for expanded audits when there are differences between the counts from the manual or electronic [counts from the audit described in subsection (a) of] audit described in this section and tabulator or manual counts from the election or primary.
(n) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Secretary of the State shall have access to the code in any voting machine whenever any problem is discovered as a result of an audit described in subsection (a) of this section.
(o) As used in this section, (1) "discrepancy" means any difference in vote totals between tabulator or manual counts from an election or primary and the counts from a manual or electronic [counts from an audit described in subsection (a) of] audit described in this section in a voting district that exceeds one-half of one per cent of the lesser amount of the vote totals between such [tabulator counts and such manual or electronic] election or primary counts and such audit counts where such differences cannot be resolved through an accounting of ballots that were not marked properly in accordance with subsection (e) of this section, (2) "state election" means "state election", as defined in section 9-1, (3) "municipal election" means a municipal election held pursuant to section 9-164, (4) "manual" means by hand and without the assistance of electronic equipment, and (5) "electronic" means through the use of equipment described in section 9-320g.
Sec. 2. Subsection (g) of section 9-265 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(g) A write-in vote which is not cast as provided in this section shall be counted and recorded as a write-in vote, but shall not be counted or recorded as a vote for any candidate.
Sec. 3. Section 9-265 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (h) as follows (Effective July 1, 2016):
(NEW) (h) In the case of write-in votes recorded by a voting tabulator, the total number of write-in vote targets properly marked per race shall be manually counted and such total number shall be compared to the write-in votes recorded for each race as reported by such tabulator.
Sec. 4. Section 9-310 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(a) As soon as the count is completed and the moderator's return required under the provisions of section 9-259 has been executed, the moderator shall place the sealed tabulator in the tabulator bag, and so seal the bag, and the tabulator shall remain so sealed against voting or being tampered with for [a period of fourteen days] the lesser of sixty days or thirty days prior to the use of such tabulator at a subsequent election, primary or referendum, except as provided in section 9-309, as amended by this act, or 9-311 or pursuant to an order issued by the State Elections Enforcement Commission.
(b) The moderator shall place all cast ballots in a container approved by the Secretary of the State, or as many such containers as may be necessary, and affix a numbered and tamper-evident seal approved by said secretary, or as many such seals as may be necessary, upon such container or containers. The moderator shall record such seal number or numbers in the moderator's return and the ballots shall remain so sealed against being tampered with for a period of thirty days after The University of Connecticut audit report required under section 9-320f, as amended by this act, is filed with the State Elections Enforcement Commission, except as provided in section 9-311 or other applicable laws or pursuant to an order issued by said commission. Each registrar of voters, or a deputy or assistant of each registrar, shall be present in the event such container or containers of ballots are unsealed and shall remain present until such container or containers are resealed in accordance with this subsection. Once resealed, each registrar, or a deputy or assistant of each registrar, shall record upon a form approved by the Secretary of the State the number of any broken seal, the number of any new seal, the date and time of such unsealing and reason therefor and the date and time of such resealing. Each registrar, or a deputy or assistant to each registrar, shall sign such form and file such form with the municipal clerk, who shall file such form with the associated moderator's return.
(c) If it is determined that a recanvass is required pursuant to section 9-311 or 9-311a, immediately upon such determination the tabulators, write-in ballots, absentee ballots, moderators' returns and all other notes, worksheets or written materials used at the election shall be impounded at the direction of the Secretary of the State. Such package shall be preserved for one hundred eighty days after such election and may be opened and its contents examined in accordance with section 9-311 or upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction. At the end of one hundred eighty days, unless otherwise ordered by the court, such package and its contents may be destroyed. Except as provided in section 9-309, as amended by this act, for moderators temporarily interrupting a canvass, any person who unlocks the voting or operating mechanism of the tabulator or the counting compartment after it has been locked as above directed or breaks or destroys or tampers with the seal after it has been affixed as above directed or changes the indication of the counters on any voting tabulator within fourteen days after the election or within any longer period during which the tabulator is kept locked as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or by the State Elections Enforcement Commission in any special case, except as provided in section 9-311, shall be imprisoned for not more than five years. Any tabulator may be released in less than fourteen days, for use in another election, by order of a court, if there is no disagreement as to the returns from such machine and no order directing impoundment has been issued by the State Elections Enforcement Commission.
Sec. 5. Section 9-309 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
Upon the close of the polls, the moderator, in the presence of the other election officials, shall immediately lock the voting tabulator against voting and immediately cause the vote totals for all candidates and questions to be produced. The moderator shall, in the order of the offices as their titles are arranged on the ballot, read and announce in distinct tones the result as shown, giving the number indicated and indicating the candidate to whom such total belongs, and shall read the votes recorded for each office on the ballot. The moderator shall also, in the same manner, announce the vote on each constitutional amendment, proposition or other question voted on. The vote so announced by the moderator shall be taken down by each checker and recorded on the tally sheets. Each checker shall record the number of votes received for each candidate on the ballot and also the number received by each person for whom write-in ballots were cast. The moderator shall make out a preliminary list from the vote totals produced by the tabulators and shall prepare such preliminary list for transmission to the Secretary of the State pursuant to subsection (a) of section 9-314, as amended by this act. After such preliminary list has been transmitted to the Secretary of the State, the canvass may be temporarily interrupted, during which time the moderator shall (1) return the keys for all tabulators to the registrars of voters, (2) seal the tabulators against voting or being tampered with, (3) prepare and seal individual envelopes for all (A) write-in ballots, (B) absentee ballots, (C) moderators' returns, and (D) other notes, worksheets or written materials used at the election, (4) seal all such ballots and materials using containers and seals approved by said secretary, as described in subsection (b) of section 9-310, as amended by this act, and [(4)] (5) store all such tabulators and envelopes in a secure place or places directed by the registrars of voters. At the end of such temporary interruption, not earlier than nine o'clock a.m. on the day after the election, primary or referendum and not later than one hour after the registrars of voters publish notice of the date, time and location of the resumed canvass at the main entrance of the city or town hall and the office of the registrar of voters, the moderator shall receive such keys from the registrars and shall take possession of and break the seal on all such tabulators and envelopes for the purpose of completing the canvass. The result totals shall remain in full public view until the statement of canvass and all other reports have been fully completed and signed by the moderator, checkers and registrars, or assistant registrars, as the case may be. Any other remaining result of the votes cast shall be publicly announced by the moderator not later than forty-eight hours after the close of the polls. Such public announcement shall consist of reading both the name of each candidate, with the designating number and letter on the ballot and the absentee vote as furnished to the moderator by the absentee ballot counters, and also the vote cast for and against each question submitted. While such announcement is being made, ample opportunity shall be given to any person lawfully present to compare the results so announced with the result totals provided by the tabulator and any necessary corrections shall then and there be made by the moderator, checkers and registrars or assistant registrars, after which the compartments of the voting tabulator shall be closed and locked. The moderator shall then seal all such ballots and materials using containers and seals approved by the Secretary of the State, as described in subsection (b) of section 9-310, as amended by this act. In canvassing, recording and announcing the result, the election officials shall be guided by any instructions furnished by the Secretary of the State.
Sec. 6. Section 9-314 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(a) As used in this subsection, "moderator" means the moderator of each state election in each town not divided into voting districts and the head moderator in each town divided into voting districts. The moderator shall make out a preliminary list of the votes given for each of the following officers: Presidential electors, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General, United States senator, representative in Congress, state senator, judge of probate, state representative and registrars of voters when said officers are to be chosen, as reported solely by the tabulator, as provided in section 9-309, as amended by this act, in the moderator's town and shall immediately transmit such preliminary list to the Secretary of the State not later than midnight on election day. Once the preliminary list has been transmitted to the Secretary of the State, the moderator shall make out a duplicate list of the votes given in the moderator's town for each of the following officers: Presidential electors, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General, United States senator, representative in Congress, state senator, judge of probate, state representative and registrars of voters when said officers are to be chosen. Such duplicate list shall include a statement of the total number of names on the official check list of such town and the total number checked as having voted. The moderator shall transmit such duplicate list to the Secretary of the State by electronic means as prescribed by the Secretary of the State not later than forty-eight hours after the close of the polls on election day. The moderator shall also seal and deliver one of such duplicate lists to the Secretary of the State not later than the third day after the election. Any such moderator who fails to so deliver such duplicate list to the Secretary of the State by the time required shall pay a late filing fee of fifty dollars. The moderator shall also deliver one of such duplicate lists to the clerk of such town. The Secretary of the State shall enter the returns in tabular form in books kept by the Secretary for that purpose and present a printed report of the same, with the name of, and the total number of votes received by, each of the candidates for said offices, to the General Assembly at its next session.
(b) As used in this subsection, "moderator" means the moderator of each municipal election in each town not divided into voting districts, and the head moderator in each town divided into voting districts. The moderator shall forthwith transmit to the Secretary of the State copies of all moderators' returns for each voting district and central counting location for absentee and election day registration ballots, including the results of the vote for each office contested at such election by electronic means as prescribed by the Secretary of the State not later than forty-eight hours after the close of the polls on election day. The moderator shall also seal and deliver one of such lists to the Secretary of the State not later than the third day after the election. Any such moderator who fails to so deliver such list to the Secretary of the State by the time required shall pay a late filing fee of fifty dollars. Such moderator shall include in such return a statement of the total number of names on the official check list of such town and the total number checked as having voted. Such return shall be on a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State.
(c) The Secretary of the State shall make all copies of all moderators' returns for each voting district and central counting location for absentee and election day registration ballots available to the public, identified by municipality and district and published on the Secretary of the State's Internet web site. Such information shall be further organized in each district by voting tabulator counts, manual counts, write-in counts and total number of voters checked on the official checklist, as well as by absentee ballot counts, election day registration counts and moderators' returns.
Sec. 7. Subsection (m) of section 9-150a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(m) After the absentee and election day registration ballots have been so counted they shall be placed by the counters, separately by voting district, in depository envelopes prescribed by the Secretary of the State and provided by the [municipal clerk] registrars of voters. Any notes, worksheets, or other written materials used by the counters in counting such ballots shall be endorsed by [them] such counters with their names, the date and the time of the count and shall also be placed in such depository envelopes together with the ballots, and with the separate record of the number of votes cast on such ballots for each candidate as required by section 9-150b, as amended by this act. Such depository envelopes shall then be sealed, endorsed and delivered to the moderator by the counters in the same manner as provided in subsection (f) of this section. At the conclusion of counting absentee and election day registration ballots, the moderator shall place each voting tabulator, all ballots and all inner and outer envelopes in a container approved by the Secretary of the State, or as many such containers as may be necessary, and affix a numbered and tamper-evident seal approved by the Secretary, or as many such seals as may be necessary, upon such container or containers. The moderator shall then return such materials to the registrars of voters, who shall retain such materials in the manner described in section 9-310, as amended by this act.
Sec. 8. Subsections (e) and (f) of section 9-150b of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(e) The sealed containers with the depository envelopes required by subsections (f) and (m) of section 9-150a, as amended by this act, shall be returned by the moderator to the [municipal clerk] registrars of voters as soon as practicable on or before the day following the election, primary or referendum.
(f) The [municipal clerk shall preserve for sixty days] registrars of voters shall preserve after the election, primary or referendum the sealed containers and depository envelopes containing opened envelopes and rejected ballots required by subsection (f) of section 9-150a, and shall so preserve [for one hundred eighty days] the sealed containers and depository envelopes containing counted ballots and related materials required by subsection (m) of section 9-150a, as amended by this act, in the same manner described in section 9-310, as amended by this act.
Sec. 9. Subsection (a) of section 9-228a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(a) The registrars of voters of each municipality shall, not later than thirty-one days prior to each municipal, state or federal election or primary, certify to the Secretary of the State, in writing, the location of each polling place and each location for the central counting of absentee ballots that will be used for such election or primary. Such certification shall detail the name, address, relevant contact information and corresponding federal, state and municipal districts associated with each polling place used for such election or primary.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2016 9-320f
Sec. 2 July 1, 2016 9-265(g)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2016 9-265
Sec. 4 July 1, 2016 9-310
Sec. 5 July 1, 2016 9-309
Sec. 6 July 1, 2016 9-314
Sec. 7 July 1, 2016 9-150a(m)
Sec. 8 July 1, 2016 9-150b(e) and (f)
Sec. 9 July 1, 2016 9-228a(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2016
9-320f
Sec. 2
July 1, 2016
9-265(g)
Sec. 3
July 1, 2016
9-265
Sec. 4
July 1, 2016
9-310
Sec. 5
July 1, 2016
9-309
Sec. 6
July 1, 2016
9-314
Sec. 7
July 1, 2016
9-150a(m)
Sec. 8
July 1, 2016
9-150b(e) and (f)
Sec. 9
July 1, 2016
9-228a(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) enhance the coverage, accuracy and transparency of post-election audits while reducing cost and effort required for local election officials, (2) provide for timely notification of public events and filing of mandatory reports, (3) provide sufficient security of materials and equipment required for audits and follow-up investigations, and (4) make technical revisions to account for security of paper ballots at the polling place.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]