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This bill enhances security measures for election system equipment by requiring political subdivisions to store voting system equipment in locked rooms and implement more rigorous tracking and protection procedures. Specifically, the bill mandates that the general custodian of election records must place security seals on each voting system equipment unit to prevent unauthorized access and create a detailed documentation procedure that tracks which specific seals are used on each equipment unit, records any instances of seal removal, and captures the identity of individuals who remove the seals, including the purpose for accessing the equipment. Additionally, the bill requires that inventories of electronic information storage media include information about the specific polling location where the media will be used. These new requirements aim to improve the security and accountability of election system equipment, with the changes applying only to elections ordered on or after the effective date of September 1, 2025.

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