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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | April 5, 2016 10:36 AM |
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| From: | Representative Jason Ortitay |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Voting Technology Resolution |
| According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), state and local election officials across the nation have expressed concern regarding aging voting machines and outdated election technology. An election official from Washington County recently contacted me to share his concerns on this issue. Without safe, secure and modern election technology, the integrity of the electoral process may be called into question by the voters of this Commonwealth. I plan to introduce a resolution calling on the Joint State Government Commission to establish a task force to study and make recommendations regarding voting system technology modernization. The task force will be composed of election directors, county commissioners, a representative of a disability advocacy organization, an election technology expert and others. The resolution will direct the Commission and the task force to review all voting systems in use in the Commonwealth and assess potential future maintenance, repair and replacement costs. The Commission and task force will be charged with investigating voting technologies used in other states, as well as the laws and processes governing the purchase of voting machines in Pennsylvania. Additionally, the Commission and task force will make recommendations regarding options for upgrading and modernizing voting systems and for providing technical and financial assistance to counties that must update and/or replace their voting machines. I believe that it will provide a guide to members of the General Assembly and state, county and local election personnel as we consider future voting machine and election technology options. Please consider cosponsoring this resolution. |
Introduced as HR808