Bill Text: TX SB1144 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1144 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1144-Introduced.html
| 85R12244 ADM-D | ||
| By: Hall | S.B. No. 1144 | |
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| relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 129, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 129.003 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 129.003. PAPER AUDIT TRAIL REQUIRED. (a) In this | ||
| section, "auditable voting system" means a voting system that: | ||
| (1) uses a paper record; or | ||
| (2) produces a paper receipt by which a voter can | ||
| verify that the voter's ballot will be counted accurately. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a voting system | ||
| that consists of direct recording electronic voting machines may | ||
| not be used in an election unless the system is an auditable voting | ||
| system. | ||
| (c) Except for a recount under Title 13, the electronic vote | ||
| is the official record of the ballot. For a recount of ballots cast | ||
| on a system involving direct recording electronic voting machines, | ||
| the paper record or receipt copy is the official record of the vote | ||
| cast. | ||
| (d) This section does not apply to an election held before | ||
| September 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
