SCS SB 623 Summary

• Establishes paper ballots hand-marked by voters as the official ballot, with paper ballot-marking devices available for disabled voters who need assistance.

• Prohibits the use of direct-record electronic touch-screen voting machines except for disabled voters, and requires replacement equipment to use paper ballot marking devices rather than electronic machines.

• Requires electronic voting systems to produce election results from paper ballots and eliminates the ability to vote a straight political party ticket with a single selection.

• Mandates that no election shall be certified until an audit of the election returns has been completed.

• Establishes a recall process for emergency services board members requiring signatures equal to at least 25 percent of voters from the most recent gubernatorial election in that district.