SB 1375 — ballots; categories; count; identification number

House Engrossed Senate BillEngrossed ballots;

vote count verification committee;committee A.

definition A.

THE BALLOTS SHALL BE INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED CONSECUTIVELY, BEGINNING WITH THE NUMERAL 1, OR MAY BE NUMBERED USING AN ALPHANUMERIC COMBINATION, AND SHALL BE NUMBERED AND USED IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS A - 4 - S.B.

1375 COMBINATION, AND SHALL BE NUMBERED AND USED IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS A SPECIFIC NUMERIC RANGE OF BALLOTS TO BE LINKED TO A SPECIFIC VOTING LOCATION.

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.

K.E.

The hand count is not subject to the live video -requirements 5of -section S.B.16-621, subsection D, but the party representatives who are observing the hand count may bring their own video cameras in order to record the hand count.

1375 requirements of section 16-621, subsection D, but the party representatives who are observing the hand count may bring their own video cameras in order to record the hand count.

The county political party chairman CHAIRPERSON for each political party that is entitled to continued representation on the state ballot or the chairman's CHAIRPERSON'S designee shall conduct the selection of the precincts to be hand- counted.5 - S.B.

1375 hand counted.

-(d) 6One -contested S.B.race for state legislative office, either state house of representatives or state senate.

1375 (d) One contested race for state legislative office, either state house of representatives or state senate.

5.- 6 - S.B.

1375 5.

The political parties shall provide to the recorder or officer in charge of elections in -writing 7the -names S.B.of those persons intending to participate in the hand count at the audited precincts not later than 5:00 p.m.

1375 writing the names of those persons intending to participate in the hand count at the audited precincts not later than 5:00 p.m.

8.- 7 - S.B.

1375 8.

L.F.

M.G.

If the jurisdictional boundary for that race would include any portion of more than one county, the final hand count shall not be extended into the precincts of that race that are outside of the county that is conducting -the 8expanded -hand S.B.count.

1375 the expanded hand count.

N.H.

O.I.

After the electronic tabulation of early ballots and at one or more times selected by the chairman CHAIRPERSON of the political parties entitled to continued representation on the ballot or the chairman's CHAIRPERSON'S designee, the chairmen CHAIRPERSONS or the chairmen's CHAIRPERSONS' designees shall randomly select one or more batches of early ballots that have been tabulated to include at least one batch- from8 each- machineS.B. used for tabulating early ballots and those ballots shall be securely sequestered by the county recorder or officer in charge of elections along with their unofficial tally reports for a postelection manual audit.

1375 batch from each machine used for tabulating early ballots and those ballots shall be securely sequestered by the county recorder or officer in charge of elections along with their unofficial tally reports for a postelection manual audit.

If at any point in the manual audit of early ballots the difference between any manual count of early ballots is less than the designated margin when compared to the electronic tabulation of those -ballots, 9the -electronic S.B.tabulation shall be included in the canvass and no further manual audit of the early ballots shall be conducted.