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Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: HF0874

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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