Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB1642

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Election Code. Requires that each election authority (i) conduct an election day audit of a random sample of 10% of votes cast and (ii) provide by contract or employment for the performance by one or more independent auditors of post-election parallel tabulations and audits. Provides for the scope of the audits and the resulting reports. Requires that optical scan technology and direct recording electronic voting systems meet certain federal and independent testing standards. With respect to early voting, requires that an election authority using only direct recording electronic voting systems have paper ballots available for voters wishing to use them.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/22/2007	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Boland
2/22/2007	House	First Reading
2/22/2007	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/27/2007	House	Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
3/23/2007	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/7/2008	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
1/13/2009	House	Session Sine Die

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