COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OVERSIGHT & ELECTIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1375
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Page 4, line 18, after "committee" insert "; definition"
Page 5, between lines 22 and 23, insert:
"E. The officer in charge of elections shall ensure That each ballot cast in an election, of whatever sort or nature, contain a unique identifier such as a serial number.
F. The government shall not maintain, or cause to be maintained, a database of unique identifiers that link a voter to the voter's ballot.
G. The government shall not transcribe, or cause to be transcribed, a unique identifier in any form or manner other than as set forth above and as necessary to effectuate the intent of this section.
H. The government shall not ask or require a voter to reveal a unique identifier.
I. a person shall not ask a voter to involuntarily reveal a unique identifier.
J. This section applies to all primary, general and presidential preference elections. Unique identifiers may be used in other elections according to the election's requirements.
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Page 10, between lines 38 and 39, insert:
"U. For the purposes of this section, "involuntary" means disclosure that is motivated by hope of financial gain, threat of financial penalty or threat of physical harm."
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Page 11, strike lines 1 through 17, insert:
"A. The superior court to which the facts requiring a recount are certified shall promptly make and enter an order requiring a recount of the votes cast for such office, measure or proposal. The recount shall be conducted in accordance with the laws pertaining to contests of elections.
B. A court-ordered recount of votes that were cast and tabulated on electronic voting equipment shall be pursuant to section 16-664. While the recount is being conducted, and for legislative, statewide and federal candidate races only, the county chairpersons of the political parties entitled to continued representation on the ballot or the chairperson's designee shall select at random without the use of a computer five percent of the precincts for the recounted race for a hand count, and if the results of that hand count when compared to the electronic tabulation of that same race are less than the designated margins calculated pursuant to section 16-602, the recount is complete and the electronic tabulation is the official result. If the hand count results in a difference that is equal to or greater than the designated margin for that race, the procedures established in section 16-602, subsections C, D, E and F, apply G, H and I apply. The hand count conducted pursuant to this section may begin before the machine tabulation of ballots for the court-ordered recount is complete."
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