ND HB1587

Requires all voting systems to be certified to U.S. Election Assistance Commission guidelines version 2.0, with immediate decertification of systems only meeting version 1.0 standards

Mandates the Secretary of State ensure all voting systems have current software security patches and antivirus protection within 90 days before any election; systems failing this requirement trigger mandatory hand counting of ballots

Moves pre-election voting system testing from one week before to the Saturday closest to 60 days before the election, with public notice requirements and a 50-day deadline to resolve errors or hand counting is required

Requires county auditors to conduct complete postelection hand count audits of all ballots starting at 9 a.m. the day after any primary or general election, with cast vote records and ballot images posted on county websites within one week

Requires the Secretary of State to maintain source code for all voting systems, with district party chairmen authorized to conduct audits of the source code at their own expense