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GA HB974
Bill
Status
Passed
5/6/2024
Primary Sponsor
John LaHood
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AI Summary
- Requires all ballots used in optical scan voting systems and ballot marking devices to be printed on security paper with a visible watermark identifying them as official Georgia ballots, except for ballots delivered electronically under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
- Mandates the Secretary of State establish and maintain a state-wide system for posting digital images of scanned paper ballots at no less than 200 dots per inch resolution, with preliminary images posted by 5:00 P.M. on the second Friday after election day
- Requires all tabulated absentee ballots to be digitally scanned at no less than 600 dots per inch resolution and posted through the state-wide ballot image system
- Expands precertification risk-limiting audits from one contest to multiple "selected contests," including the top-of-ballot race plus one additional statewide race chosen by majority vote of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and minority leaders of both chambers, with risk limit caps decreasing from 8% in 2024 to 5% or less by 2028
- Directs the Secretary of State to create a pilot program for auditing paper ballot images using optical character recognition technology that verifies the human-readable text portion of ballots, explicitly excluding QR codes, bar codes, or similar machine coding from the audit process
Legislative Description
Secretary of State; establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; require
Last Action
Effective Date 2024-07-01
5/6/2024
Committee Referrals
Ethics2/29/2024
Governmental Affairs1/23/2024
Full Bill Text
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