HF 874

CHAPER 162
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 4, 2005

Electronic voting equipment required, state voting systems contract established, and money appropriated from the Help America Vote Act account.

Section 1: Consultation with local officials required.
Sec. 2: Combined polling place procedures clarified.
Sec. 3: Assistive voting technology defined.
Sec. 4: Audio ballot reader defined.
Sec. 5: Automatic tabulating equipment defined
Sec. 6: Ballot defined.
Sec. 7: Counting center definition modified.
Sec. 8: Electronic ballot display defined.
Sec. 9: Electronic ballot marker defined.
Sec. 10: Electronic voting system definition modified.
Sec. 11: Manual marking device definition modified.
Sec. 12: Electronic voting methods required to be included in secretary of state examination.
Sec. 13: Disabled voter system clarified.
Sec. 14: Commission standards for election assistance provided.
Sec. 15: Candidate order on electronic machines required to conform.
Sec. 16: Alternation provision expanded.
Sec. 17: General provisions for electronic system voting modified.
Sec. 18: Electronic voting systems regulations expanded.
Sec. 19: State voting systems contracts required.
Sec. 20: Experimental use of electronic voting systems provision revised.
Sec. 21: Program test deck preparation required.
Sec. 22: Conforming change.
Sec. 23: Voting system test procedures expanded.
Sec. 24-26: Conforming changes.
Sec. 27: Ballot recording and counting security regulations established.
Sec. 28: Duties of responsible official expanded.
Sec. 29: Optical scan voting system definition modified.
Sec. 30: Judge and voter instruction regulations modified.
Sec. 31-33: Conforming changes.
Sec. 34: Money appropriated.
Sec. 35: Local equipment plan formulation required.
Sec. 36: Mail balloting preclusion prohibited.
Sec. 37: Effective date.

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