2005 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 107

File Code: Elections
Sponsored By:
Delegates Montgomery, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Boschert, Boteler, Bronrott, V. Clagett, Conroy, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Hubbard, Kach, Kaiser, Kelley, Lee, Leopold, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McConkey, Miller, Morhaim, Murray, Pendergrass, Petzold, Quinter, Ross, Simmons, Stern, Taylor, Trueschler, and Vaughn
Entitled:
Election Law - Voting Systems - Verification and Accessibility

Synopsis:

Requiring that any voting system that does not use a document ballot produce an accessible voter-verified paper audit trail of a voter's ballot choices and provide the voter with an opportunity to inspect the accessible voter-verified paper audit trail; requiring that the accessible voter-verified paper audit trails be preserved at the polling place in a manner similar to document ballots so that the accessible voter-verified paper audit trails may later be used in a manual recount if necessary; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/17
First Reading Ways and Means
2/9
Hearing 2/24 at 2:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26
Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A
Delegate Warren E. Miller, District 9A
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Neil F. Quinter, District 13
Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
Delegate John G. Trueschler, District 42
Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

APPROPRIATIONS
BALLOTS
BLIND PERSONS
DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND; DEAF; DEVELOPMENTAL
ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF
EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
LANGUAGE
RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Election Law
( 1-101 , 9-106 , 9-107 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments: None offered