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AN ACT concerning elections; relating to defining and using electronic poll books; approval of electronic poll books by the secretary of state; granting the secretary of state authority to adopt rules and regulations governing their use; prohibiting election systems from having the capability of being connected to the internet or other computer or communications networks; requiring that candidates be allowed to review such systems to ensure such systems are not so connected; providing that post-election equipment testing must occur within five days of the county vote canvass and that notice of such testing be provided on county websites; expanding the crime of electronic or electromechanical voting system fraud to include fraudulent use of or unauthorized possession of electronic poll books; transfer of ballots by election workers; requiring the secretary of state and county election officers to develop an affidavit to be signed by such workers listing certain information; amending K.S.A. 25-4401, 25-4402, 25-4403, 25-4404, 25-4405, 25-4406, 25-4407, 25-4408, 25-4409, 25-4411, 25-4414, 25-4415, 25-4610 and 25-4613 and repealing the existing sections.
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Senate - Final Action - Passed as amended; - 03/23/2022
On roll call the vote was:
Yea - (29):
Alley,
Baumgardner,
Billinger,
Bowers,
Claeys,
Dietrich,
Erickson,
Fagg,
Francisco,
Gossage,
Hilderbrand,
Holscher,
Kerschen,
Kloos,
Longbine,
Masterson,
O'Shea,
Olson,
Peck,
Petersen,
Pyle,
Ryckman,
Steffen,
Straub,
Suellentrop,
Thompson,
Tyson,
Warren,
Wilborn,
Nay - (10):
Corson,
Doll,
Faust-Goudeau,
Haley,
Hawk,
Holland,
Pettey,
Pittman,
Sykes,
Ware,
Present and Passing - (0):
Absent and Not Voting - (1):
McGinn,
Not Voting - (0):
