Senate Bill sb2870

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2870

    By Senator Siplin





    19-1541-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to electronic voting systems;

  3         creating s. 101.56085, F.S.; requiring each

  4         electronic voting system in the state to

  5         produce a voter-verified paper record suitable

  6         for a manual audit; requiring that the voter be

  7         permitted to verify the correctness of the

  8         printed ballot; requiring an electronic voting

  9         system to produce a permanent paper record that

10         is available for inspection and verification by

11         the voter and preserved for later use in a

12         manual audit; providing that the permanent

13         paper record is the official record; providing

14         that a voting system may not use any wireless

15         communication device; providing an effective

16         date.

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18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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20         Section 1.  Section 101.56085, Florida Statutes, is

21  created to read:

22         101.56085  Electronic voting machines; requirements.--

23         (1)  Beginning July 1, 2005, each touch screen or other

24  electronic voting machine used in this state shall provide for

25  verification of voters and the capability of being audited.

26         (2)  Any electronic voting system in this state must

27  produce a voter-verified paper record suitable for a manual

28  audit that is equivalent or superior to that of a paper ballot

29  box system. A voter must be able to view and verify the

30  correctness of his or her printed ballot. The printed ballot

31  shall be deposited or dispensed into a ballot box. A voter may

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2870
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 1  not retrieve the printed ballot once he or she leaves the

 2  polling place.

 3         (3)  Any electronic voting system in this state shall

 4  produce a permanent paper record. Each paper record shall be

 5  made available for inspection and verification by the voter at

 6  the time the vote is cast and preserved within the polling

 7  place in the manner in which all other paper ballots are

 8  preserved within the polling place on election day for later

 9  use in any manual audit. The voting system must provide the

10  voter with an opportunity to correct any error made by the

11  system before the permanent record is preserved for use in any

12  manual audit. The voter-verified paper record is the official

13  record and must be used for any recount conducted with respect

14  to any election in which the system is used.

15         (4)  A voting system may not include any wireless

16  communication device.

17         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

18  law.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Requiring an electronic voting system to produce a
      voter-verified paper record and a permanent paper record
23    as a means to inspect, verify, and preserve a voter's
      ballot in case of a manual audit. (See bill for details.)
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