Bill > S10126

This bill prohibits local boards of elections from purchasing direct recording electronic (DRE) machines, which are voting machines that record votes electronically without a paper ballot. Instead, it mandates that these boards must provide voters with two options at every polling place: the ability to hand-mark a paper ballot or to use a ballot marking device to mark a paper ballot, with the caveat that these marking devices do not tabulate votes themselves. The bill also allows for the continued use of existing voting machines and systems if they are designed to work with paper ballots that meet specific legal requirements.