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SB495 SUB1 Senate Bill 495 History
A BILL to repeal §3-4A-13a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §3-4A-2, §3-4A-3, §3-4A-4, §3-4A-6, §3-4A-9, §3-4A-9a, §3-4A-9b, §3-4A-10, §3-4A-10a, §3-4A-13, §3-4A-17, §3-4A-19, §3-4A-20 and §3-4A-27, all relating generally to the use of electronic voting systems; defining terms; setting forth the requirements of electronic voting systems; requiring public meetings held on adopting electronic voting be held at least six months prior to the next election; providing that if an electronic voting system is terminated, it must be replaced by an electronic voting system that complies with federal law; deleting the requirement that the purchase or lease of vote-recording devices must be paid in cash; deleting outmoded terms and voting systems no longer being used; updating technical terminology; requiring at least two vote-recording devices be provided at each precinct in a primary election; and providing that independent voters may vote in primaries as otherwise provided in code.
(2) It is constructed to ensure that no person, except in instances of open voting as provided in this section, can see or know for whom any voter has voted or is voting;
(13) (A) Direct recording electronic voting machines must generate a paper copy of each voter’s votes that will be automatically kept within a storage container, that is locked, closely attached to the direct recording electronic voting machine, and inaccessible to all but authorized voting officials, who will handle such storage containers and such paper copies contained therein in accordance with section nineteen of this article.
(F) For electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch, be constructed to provide for the direct electronic recording and tabulating of votes cast in a system specifically designed and engineered for the election application;
(G) For electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch, be constructed to prevent any voter from voting for more than the allowable number of candidates for any office, to include an audible or visual signal, or both, warning any voter who attempts to vote for more than the allowable number of candidates for any office or who attempts to cast his or her ballot prior to its completion and are constructed to include a visual or audible confirmation, or both, to the voter upon completion and casting of the ballot;
(H) For electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch, be constructed to present the entire ballot to the voter, in a series of sequential pages, and to ensure that the voter sees all of the ballot options on all pages before completing his or her vote and to allow the voter to review and change all ballot choices prior to completing and casting his or her ballot;
(I) For electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch, be constructed to allow election commissioners to spoil a ballot where a voter fails to properly cast his or her ballot, has departed the polling place and cannot be recalled by a poll clerk to complete his or her ballot;
(J) For electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch, be constructed to allow election commissioners, poll clerks, or both, to designate, mark or otherwise record provisional ballots;
(K) For electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch, consist of devices which are independent, nonnetworked voting systems in which each vote is recorded and retained within each device’s internal nonvolatile electronic memory and contain an internal security, the absence of which prevents substitution of any other device;
(N) For electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch, be constructed to record all preelection, election and post-election activities, including all ballot images and system anomalies, in each device’s internal electronic memory and are to be accessible in electronic or printed form;
(O) For electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch, be constructed with a battery backup system in each device to, at a minimum, prevent the loss of any votes, as well as all preelection, election and post-election activities, including all ballot images and system anomalies, stored in the device’s internal electronic memory and to allow voting to continue for two hours of uninterrupted operation in case of an electrical power failure; and
(P) For electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch, be constructed to prevent the loss of any votes, as well as all preelection, election and post-election activities, including all ballot images and system anomalies, stored in each device’s internal electronic memory even in case of an electrical and battery power failure.
(15) Electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch shall:
(F) Consist of devices which are independent, nonnetworked voting systems in which each vote is recorded and retained within each device’s internal nonvolatile electronic memory and contain an internal security, the absence of which prevents substitution of any other device;
(I) Be constructed to record all preelection, election and post-election activities, including all ballot images and system anomalies, in each device’s internal electronic memory and are to be accessible in electronic or printed form;
(J) Be constructed with a battery backup system in each device to, at a minimum, prevent the loss of any votes, as well as all preelection, election and post-election activities, including all ballot images and system anomalies, stored in the device’s internal electronic memory and to allow voting to continue for two hours of uninterrupted operation in case of an electrical power failure; and
(K) Be constructed to prevent the loss of any votes, as well as all preelection, election and post-election activities, including all ballot images and system anomalies, stored in each device’s internal electronic memory even in case of an electrical and battery power failure.
§3-4A-20. "Independent" voting in primary elections.
If at any primary elections, nonpartisan candidates for office and public questions are submitted to the voters on which persons registered as "independent" are entitled to vote, as provided in section eighteen, article two of this chapter, the election officers shall provide a vote recording device, where applicable, or the appropriate ballot to be marked by an electronically sensible pen or ink, or by means of a stylus or by means of touch or by other electronic means, so that "independent" voters may vote only those portions of the ballot relating to the nonpartisan candidates and the public questions submitted, or shall provide a ballot containing only provisions for voting for those candidates and upon those issues submitted common to the ballots provided to all voters regardless of political party affiliation, or both: Provided, That “independent” or “unaffiliated” voters may vote in partisan primary elections as provided in section thirty-one, article two of this chapter.
In counties utilizing electronic voting systems in which votes are recorded by perforating, if vote recording devices are not available for the "independent" voters, provisions are to be made for sealing the partisan section or sections of the ballot or ballot labels on a vote recording device using temporary seals, thus permitting the independent voter to vote for the nonpartisan section or sections of the ballot or ballot labels. After the "independent" voter has voted, the temporary seals may be removed and the device may then be used by partisan voters.
(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to implement the use of electronic voting systems and set forth the requirements of those systems. The bill provides that if an electronic voting system is terminated, the one replacing it must comply with the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002. The bill deletes the requirement that the purchase or lease of vote recording devices must be paid in cash. The bill also deletes outmoded terms and voting systems no longer being used.