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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 52.2, Code 1995, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 52.2 PURCHASE. 1 4 The board of supervisors of any county may, by a majority 1 5 vote, authorize, purchase, and order the use of either voting 1 6 machines or an electronic voting system in any one or more 1 7 voting precincts withinsaidthe county until otherwise 1 8 ordered bysaidthe board of supervisors. The board of 1 9 supervisors shall not purchase voting machines or an 1 10 electronic voting system that has not first been approved by 1 11 the board of examiners for voting machines and electronic 1 12 voting systems pursuant to section 52.5. Voting machines and 1 13 an electronic voting system may be used concurrently at 1 14 different precincts within any county, but not at the same 1 15 precinct. 1 16 Sec. 2. Section 52.5, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1995, 1 17 is amended to read as follows: 1 18 The state commissioner may employ a competent person or 1 19 persons to assist the examiners in their evaluation of the 1 20 equipment and to advise the examiners as to the sufficiency of 1 21 the equipment. Consultant fees shall be paid by the person 1 22 who requested the certification. Following the examination 1 23 and testing of the voting machine or system the examiners 1 24 shall report to the state commissioner describing the testing 1 25 and examination of the machine or system and upon the capacity 1 26 of the machine or system to register the will of voters, its 1 27 accuracy and efficiency, and with respect to its mechanical 1 28 perfections and imperfections. Their report shall be filed in 1 29 the office of the state commissioner and shall state whether 1 30 in their opinion the kind of machine or system so examined can 1 31 be safely used by voters at elections under the conditions 1 32 prescribed in this chapter. If the report states that the 1 33 machine or system can be so used, it shall be deemed approved 1 34 by the examiners, and machines or systems of its kind may be 1 35 adopted for use at elections as provided in this section. Any 2 1 form of voting machine or system not so approved cannot be 2 2 purchased by a county or used at any election. Before actual 2 3 use by a county of a particular electronic voting system which 2 4 has been approved for use in this state, the state 2 5 commissioner shall formulate, with the advice and assistance 2 6 of the examiners, and adopt rules governing the development of 2 7 vote counting programs and all procedures used in actual 2 8 counting of votes by means of that system. 2 9 EXPLANATION 2 10 This bill prohibits voting machines and electronic voting 2 11 systems from being purchased by a county unless first approved 2 12 by the board of examiners for voting machines and electronic 2 13 voting systems. 2 14 LSB 1444HH 76 2 15 sc/jw/5
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