An Act To Provide Uniform Voter Verification and Recount Requirements for Voting Machines
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1026
Committee Amendment CA_A_H453 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A .. to H.P. 711, L.D. 1026, Bill, "An 
Act 
To 
Provide 
Uniform 
Voter 
Verification 
and 
Recount 
Requirements for Voting Machines" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 10 in the first 2 
lines (page 1, lines 6 
and 7 in L.D.) 
by striking out the 
following: 
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subsection 1, it' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 by striking out all of 
subsection 1 (page 1, lines 21 to 36 in L.D.) and inserting in 
its place the following: 
'1. 
Accessible votinq equipment at each polling place. 
The 
Secretary of State, in compliance with the voting accessibility 
requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, shall 
provide one direct recording electronic voting machine, or other 
voting system equipped for individuals with disabilities, for use 
at each polling place used in the conduct of state elections. 
Such machines must produce permanent paper records that provide a 
manual audit capacity for the machines and must also provide 
voters with audio functions that enable the voters to verify 
their ballots aurally before the votes are cast, and all such 
machines 
a.e-~--i.elR must meet the requirements of section 
812, subsection 10 unless the Secretary of State is unable to 
procure machines that the Secretary of State determines are 
adeguate to meet the reguirements of this section and section 812 
in time to comply with the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A, to H.P. 711, L.D. 1026 
Additional accessible voting machines may be used in the conduct 
of state elections, but those machines must meet the requirements 
set forth in section 812.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides that the Secretary of State is not 
required to ensure that a paper audit trail function is included 
on voting machines purchased for disabled access in compliance 
with the federal Help America Vote 
.Ar.~ of 2002 if the machines 
are determined inadequate to meet all the requirements for voting 
machines provided in current law. 
FlseAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 05116/05 .... ac:. 
LD 1026 
LR 1362(02) 
An Act To Provide Uniform Voter Verification and Recount Requirements for Voting Machines 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment :4" 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium cost increase - Federal Expenditures Food 
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Food 
Removing certain exemptions for voting machine requirements may increase Federal Expenditures Food costs 
incurred by the Department of the Secretary of State. The amounts will depend on the availability and cost of certain 
equipment and can not be determined at this time. If the cost of new voting machine equipment exceeds available 
Federal Expenditures Food resources, the incremental cost will have to be borne by the General Food. 
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