Legislative Session number- 87

Bill Name: SF0169

Relating to elections

ARTICLE 1 - VOTER REGISTRATION, PHOTO IDENTIFICATION,
AND PROVISIONAL BALLOTING

Specifying sufficient documentation of identity and
residence for purposes of election day voter registration; providing for state
subsidized voter identification cards to be provided by the department of public
safety; prohibiting fee charging; specifying photo identification requirements;
establishing provisional ballot casting and counting procedures; specifying
local government official duties; appropriating money

ARTICLE 2 - ELECTION
ADMINISTRATION AND INTEGRITY

Modifying certain election administration
procedures

ARTICLE 3 - ELECTRONIC ROSTERS

Defining polling place rosters;
specifying minimum standards for electronic rosters; defining certain terms;
requiring elected officials to establish minimum contingency and security
procedures, minimum standards for data encription, minimum electronic roster
transaction requirements, electronic roster preelection testing procedures and
minimum number of computers required for a precinct; requiring the submission of
certain required written procedures and reports

ARTICLE 4 -
RECOUNTS

Specifying recount officials; determining the scope of recounts;
specifying automatic recount procedures for federal, state and judicial
elections and recounts in county, school district and municipal elections;
providing for discretionary candidate and ballot question recounts; specifying
expense responsibility for discretionary recounts; establishing procedures in
securing ballots and materials, locations recounts may me held and other general
procedures; establishing a procedure for counting and challenging ballots;
specifying certification procedures and procedures in the event of a tie vote;
establishing security deposit procedures for recount expenses; specifying
revisor instruction; repealing certain recount procedures
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