Senate Bill sb0462

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 462

    By Senator Siplin





    19-296-07

  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 that is

  6         suitable for a manual audit; requiring that the

  7         voter be permitted to verify the correctness of

  8         the paper ballot; requiring an electronic

  9         voting system to produce a permanent paper

10         record that is available for correction of any

11         error by the voter and preserved for later use

12         in a manual audit; providing that the

13         voter-verified paper record is the official

14         record; prohibiting the use of a voting system

15         that includes any wireless communication

16         device; providing an effective 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, 2008, each touchscreen or other

24  electronic voting machine used in this state shall provide for

25  verification by voters and the capability of being audited.

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

27  produce a voter-verified paper record that is suitable for a

28  manual audit and that is equivalent or superior to a paper

29  ballot 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 - 2007                                   SB 462
    19-296-07




 1  not retrieve the printed ballot once he or she leaves the

 2  polling place.

 3         (3)  Each electronic voting system in this state must

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

 5  made available for inspection and verification by the voter at

 6  the time the vote is cast and shall be preserved within the

 7  polling place in the same manner in which all other paper

 8  ballots are preserved within the polling place on election day

 9  for later use in a manual audit. The voting system must

10  provide the voter with an opportunity to correct any error

11  made by the system before the permanent record is preserved

12  for use in a manual audit. The voter-verified paper record is

13  the official record and must be used for any recount conducted

14  with respect to any election in which the system is used.

15         (4)  A voting system may not be used if the system

16  includes any wireless communication device.

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

18  law.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Requires that an electronic voting system 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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