HB2697: Elections; recount procedures.

Chief Patron

Tim Hugo (R-40)
Centreville, VA
Served: 2003–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

Bill is Dead

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Summary

Election procedures; recounts. Requires recount officials as part of the recount proceedings to randomly audit three percent of voting machines using State Board of Elections standards for hand recounts. A discrepancy exceeding one tenth of one percent (0.1%) requires extending the audit to all precincts. The bill is effective January 1, 2009, and it deletes obsolete references to mechanical voting equipment and punchcards.

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