File Code: Elections
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 595
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Hixson, Bobo, Boteler, Cardin, Frick, George, Ivey, Myers,
Olszewski, and F. Turner
- Entitled:
-
Election Law - Audit of Election Results - Transparency in Election
Administration
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.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 2/16
- Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
- Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
- Delegate C. William Frick, District 16
- Delegate Ron George, District 30
- Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
- Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
- Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
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
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered