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Introduced Session

Under current law, the Secretary of State is responsible for approving any voting machine or voting system prior to their use in elections in this State to ensure such equipment meets established security, accuracy, functionality, and other performance standards. This bill would prohibit the Secretary of State from approving any voting machine or voting system if the voting machine or voting system vendor is a foreign company, or if the vendor is a domestic company that exports the voting machine or voting system technology to a foreign country, or if any of the company's major shareholders are foreign nationals who are not United States citizens, or if any member of the company's board also serves on the board of a competing company. The bill requires a qualifying voting machine or voting system vendor to be located in the United States. Under the bill, any request for proposal or bid for the purchase, lease, servicing, or use of a voting machine or voting system would be required to include a thorough vetting of the vendor for compliance with the provisions of the bill, and each vendor awarded a contract or agreement would be subject to a compliance review each year prior to the conduct of the primary election. However, the bill would not prevent any purchase, lease, servicing, or use of any voting machine or voting system approved by the Secretary of State before its effective date for the duration of an existing contract or agreement with a vendor, and its provisions would apply prospectively upon the expiration of an existing contract or agreement.

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Bob Auth (R)*,  Dawn Fantasia (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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