Title: Foreign Electronic or Electromechanical Voting Systems

Summary: Prohibits use of electronic or electromechanical voting systems & certain software that is made, manufactured, or designed in foreign country or that is sold or licensed by certain foreign entities.

Full Text:
An act relating to foreign electronic or electromechanical voting systems; creating s. 101.56043, F.S.; prohibiting the use of electronic or electromechanical voting systems and certain software that is made, manufactured, or designed in a foreign country or that is sold or licensed by certain foreign entities; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 101.56043, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 101.56043 Foreign electronic or electromechanical voting systems prohibited.-(1) An electronic or electromechanical voting system and any software required for the operat ion of such voting system that is made, manufactured, or designed in a foreign country may not be used in any election in this state. (2) An electronic or electromechanical voting system and any software required for the operation of such voting system that is sold or licensed by a foreign corporation as defined in s. 607.01401 or a person who is not a citizen of the United States may not be used in any election in this state. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.