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Minutes for HB2504 - Committee on Elections
Short Title
Requiring that only physical paper ballots be reviewed when conducting election audits.
Minutes Content for Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Chairperson Proctor opened the hearing on HB2504 and recognized Assistant Revisor, Mike Heim, Office of Revisor of Statutes who presented overview of the bill.
There were no proponents for HB2504 testifying in person.
Written-only proponents for HB2504 included:
- Thad Snider, We The People (Attachment 1)
- Brett Anderson, Kansas Citizen (Attachment 2)
- Jaime Kissinger, Kansas Citizen (Attachment 3)
- Denise Meirowsky, Sedwick County Republican Committeewoman (Attachment 4)
- Kari Sue Vosburgh, Sedgwick County Precinct (Attachment 5)
Neutral for HB2504 included:
- Davis Hammet, Loud Light Civic Action, expressed that the bill should not have any impact on voters but does raise concerns about local election office resources being stretched. (Attachment 6)
- Clay Barker, Deputy Secretary of State, General Council, provided background to address how this bill could affect larger counties when conducting the post-election audit process. (Attachment 7)
- Rick Piepho, Master Certified County Clerk & Election Officer, Harvey County, voiced his agreement with requiring physical paper ballots be used for post-election audits instead of images of the ballots but not all counties have capability to electronically sort and display the images. (Attachment 8)
There were no opponents for HB2504.
Chairperson Proctor closed the hearing on HB2504.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:30pm.
