Bill > S1274

This bill amends and adds to existing law to provide for post-election audits of selected paper ballots in certain elections by the Secretary of State. The key provisions are: 1. The Secretary of State can order post-election audits of paper ballots for federal elections, the election for Governor, the statewide office election with the narrowest margin, the statewide ballot question election with the narrowest margin, and one legislative office election within the county. 2. The precincts selected for the audit will be chosen randomly by the Secretary of State, not exceeding 5% of the precincts in the county or one precinct, whichever is greater. For counties that do not organize early or absentee ballots by precinct, the Secretary can select days, batches, legislative districts, or tabulation machines instead. 3. The Secretary of State will conduct the audits, with the county clerks facilitating them, and the results will be reported publicly. The audits will be open to observation by news media and designated observers from interested candidates, political parties, and political committees. 4. The Secretary of State can order additional audits if warranted by the findings, but limited to the types of problems identified in the initial audits. 5. The costs of the audits will be paid by the Office of the Secretary of State.

Government Affairs, Justice

State Affairs Committee (S)

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2022/legislation/S1274/