Bill Summary

• Substitutes terminology throughout election statutes, replacing "machine" with "tabulator" and "ballot label" with "ballot" in 51 sections of Connecticut law.

• Updates voting tabulator requirements to comply with federal Help America Vote Act standards and establishes procedures for direct recording electronic voting tabulators to produce voter-verified paper records.

• Eliminates the role of "certified mechanic" for voting machine preparation and transfers those responsibilities to registrars of voters.

• Removes outdated provisions regarding voting machine pointers, demonstrator machines, and specific mechanical procedures, streamlining election administration processes.

• Repeals 13 obsolete sections of election law (sections 9-6a, 9-242c, 9-243, 9-270, 9-271, 9-273 to 9-276, and 9-279 to 9-306).