Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session
creation of a task force on the elections process and election technology.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
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- Governor signs, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a task force on the elections process and election technology.
The task force consists of 11 members, who are appointed by the Joint Legislative
Council, including the chairperson, vice-chairperson, and ranking minority member
of the assembly and senate committees whose jurisdiction includes the election laws,
the governor and the attorney general or their designees, and two members who have
expertise in electronic voting system technology. The task force is directed to
evaluate the effectiveness of the elections process as affected by voter identification
requirements and to make recommendations for changes in the process, including
polling place registration on election day, that the task force finds to be appropriate
and advisable. The task force is also directed to study and recommend the next
generation of electronic voting system technology that should be adopted for use in
this state. The bill directs the task force to report its recommendations to the
appropriate standing committees of the legislature, the governor, and the attorney
general no later than November 1, 2012.