SB3486 Summary

• Changes notice requirement for State Board of Elections testing of voting equipment from 30 days to 60 days before election, and extends time for jurisdictions to submit specimen ballots from 5 days to 15 days after receiving notice.

• Renames "Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems" to "Direct Recording Electronic Tabulators and Electronic Ballot Marking Devices" throughout the Election Code and updates related terminology.

• Changes references to "public measures" to "public questions" throughout the Election Code for consistency.

• Makes technical corrections to section headings and capitalization of defined terms (e.g., "Voting Stations" to "voting stations") in Articles 24B and 24C.

• Effective immediately upon becoming law.