Bill > S423

This bill amends Chapter 54 of the General Laws to require the state secretary, in conjunction with the registrars, to conduct risk-limiting audits after every regular state primary and biennial state election. Risk-limiting audits are a manual tally of votes employing a statistical method to ensure a high chance of detecting an incorrect electoral outcome. The audits will cover certain specified contests, such as for president, Congress, and the state legislature, as well as one random statewide ballot question. The audits will be conducted in public view using a random, publicly verifiable selection process, and the results will be published on the state secretary's website. The bill also outlines procedures for the audits, including replacing vote counts in the event of a full manual tally.