SENATE BILL 595

File Code: Elections Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 665

Sponsored By:

Senator Kasemeyer

Entitled:

Election Law - Audit of Election Results - Transparency in Election Administration

Synopsis:

Requiring that a board of canvassers verify the vote count in specified statewide contests and contests for Representative in Congress by means of an audit before certifying the results of an election; requiring that an audit include a comparison of a manual count of votes with the machine count; requiring that the manual count be considered the official and accurate record of the votes cast in a contest; requiring that precincts be selected to be manually counted by means of random draws; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.

Senate Action

2/6

First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

2/11

Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.

House Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Attorney General

Auditors and Audits

Ballots

Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims

Comptroller

Congress, U.S

Elections -see also- Ballots; Camp Financ; Pol Cands; Voting

Elections Supervisors

Elections, State Board of

Electronic Government

Equipment -see also- Motor Vehicle Equipment

Evidence

Federal Government

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Notices

Petitions

Political Candidates

Public Information

Recordings -see also- Video

Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records

Reports

Rules and Regulations

Voting -see also- Ballots; Elections

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Election Law

( 2-108 , 10-311 , 11-308 , 11-309 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments: None offered