H1300B1760A01816 SFL:JSL 06/16/21 #90 A01816
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1300
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE GROVE
Printer's No. 1760
Amend Bill, page 1, line 34, by inserting after "for"
experimental use of electronic voting systems and for
Amend Bill, page 74, line 1, by inserting after "1112(c)1"
, 1106-A
Amend Bill, page 74, by inserting between lines 15 and 16
Section 1106-A. Experimental Use of Electronic Voting
Systems.--(a) The county board of elections of any county may
provide for experimental use at any primary or election in one
or more election districts of said county, of an electronic
voting system, and the use of such system shall be as valid for
all purposes as if the electronic voting system had been adopted
in accordance with the provisions of this act.
(b) The Secretary of the Commonwealth may approve the use of
an experimental electronic voting system by the county board of
elections of any county which complies with section 1306(a) for
absentee voters as provided for in the Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act (Public Law 99-410, 100 Stat. 924)
and for disabled voters if the system allows the elector to mark
his electronic ballot in secrecy as provided for paper absentee
ballots pursuant to section 1306(a). The system shall be exempt
from the requirements of sections 1107-A, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305
and 1306.
(c) The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall investigate the
use and viability of blockchain technology for the purposes of
electronic voting by disabled voters and absentee voters as
provided for in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
Voting Act.
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