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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to verification of precinct and ballot styles during the |
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public testing of direct recording electronic voting machine |
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systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 129.023(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The general custodian of election records shall adopt |
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procedures for testing that: |
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(1) direct the testing board to cast votes; |
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(2) verify that each contest position, as well as each |
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precinct and ballot style, on the ballot can be voted and is |
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accurately counted [for each precinct and ballot style]; |
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(3) include overvotes and undervotes for each race, if |
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applicable to the system being tested; |
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(4) include straight-party votes and crossover votes; |
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(5) include write-in votes, when applicable to the |
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election; |
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(6) include provisional votes, if applicable to the |
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system being tested; |
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(7) calculate the expected results from the test |
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ballots; |
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(8) ensure that each voting machine has any public |
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counter reset to zero and presented to the testing board for |
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verification before testing; |
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(9) require that, for each feature of the system that |
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allows disabled voters to cast a ballot, at least one vote be cast |
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and verified by a two-person testing board team using that feature; |
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and |
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(10) require that, when all votes are cast, the |
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general custodian of election records and the testing board observe |
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the tabulation of all ballots and compare the actual results to the |
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expected results. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |