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Senate Bill 598 |
Senate Author: Kolkhorst |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
House Sponsor: Jetton et al. |
Senate Bill 598 amends the Election Code to require the general custodian of election records to conduct a risk‑limiting audit for a selected statewide race or measure not later than 24 hours after all ballots have been counted. Among other provisions, the bill restricts use of a voting system that consists of direct recording electronic voting machines to such a system that is an auditable voting system, establishes conditions under which the official record of the vote cast is either the electronic vote or the paper vote, and prohibits a voting system from certain network capabilities.