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Bill
Number: H.B. 2710
Mesnard Floor Amendment
Reference
to: Senate
Engrossed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Mike Hans
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Prohibits the hand
count audit from proceeding unless the recognized political parties provide the
county officer in charge of elections with a sufficient number of qualified
electors by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday following the election, rather than by 9:00
a.m. on the Monday proceeding the election.
2. Requires a county
officer in charge of elections to prepare a list of qualified electors from any
political party to conduct a hand count audit if the number of persons provided
by the political parties is estimated to be insufficient, rather than is
insufficient.
3. Prohibits precinct
registers and other lists and information derived from registration forms from
being publicly posted.
4. Makes technical and
conforming changes.
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Fifty-fifth Legislature Mesnard
Second
Regular Session H.B. 2710
MESNARD FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2710
(Reference to Senate engrossed
bill)
Page 2, line 35, after "be" insert "publicly posted or"
Page 3, line 24, strike "or
public posting"
Line 31,
strike ", publicly posted"
Page 14,
line 16, strike "The hand count"
Strike lines
17 through 40
Line 41,
strike "sufficient number of those persons arrive to
perform the hand count." insert "IF,
by 9:00 a.m. on the thursday preceding the election, the number of persons
provided by THE POLITICAL PARTIES is estimated to be insufficient to perform
the hand count by the county officer in charge of elections, THE COUNTY OFFICER
IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS SHALL PREPARE A LIST OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS WHO ARE
PROVIDED BY ANY POLITICAL PARTY IN THIS STATE. THE COUNTY OFFICER IN CHARGE OF
ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE THE LIST OF THOSE PERSONS TO THE COUNTY CHAIRPERSON OF
EACH RECOGNIZED POLITICAL PARTY IN THE COUNTY NOT LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. ON THE
FRIDAY PRECEDING THE ELECTION. THE SELECTION OF PERSONS TO PERFORM THE
HAND COUNT SHALL ENSURE WHEN PRACTICABLE THAT NOT MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE
PERCENT OF THE PERSONS CONDUCTING THE HAND COUNT ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME
POLITICAL PARTY, EXCEPT THAT IF A RECOGNIZED POLITICAL PARTY PROVIDES AN
INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS OR NO QUALIFIED ELECTORS as
determined by the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections by
9:00 a.m. on the wednesday following the election, THE HAND COUNT SHALL PROCEED
WITHOUT REGARD TO THE POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATIONS OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS
CONDUCTING THE HAND COUNT. THE HAND COUNT SHALL NOT PROCEED UNLESS
THE RECOGNIZED POLITICAL PARTIES PROVIDE IN WRITING TO THE COUNTY OFFICER IN
CHARGE OF ELECTIONS BEFORE 5:00 P.M. On the thursday following THE ELECTION THE
NAMES OF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS OR UNLESS ANY POLITICAL
PARTY PROVIDES IN WRITING TO THE COUNTY OFFICER IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS BEFORE
5:00 p.m. on the thursday following THE ELECTION THE NAMES OF A SUFFICIENT
NUMBER OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS AS PRESCRIBED IN THIS SUBSECTION AND A SUFFICIENT
NUMBER OF THOSE PERSONS ARRIVE TO PERFORM THE HAND COUNT. The hand count shall
not proceed unless the political parties provide the recorder or officer in
charge of elections, in writing, a sufficient number of persons by NOT LATER THAN 5:00 p.m. on the
Thursday preceding FOLLOWING the election and
a sufficient number of persons, pursuant to this paragraph, arrive to perform
the hand count.
Amend title to conform