4. "Help America Vote Act" - Laserfiche WebLink

p America Vote Act~ Senate Bill 2409 allows the Secretary of State's office and county election officials to plan and take immediate steps to comply with HAVA requirements. Impacting several areas of North Dakota's election laws and phasing in HAVA implementation over the course of the next several years, the legislation adds the following initiatives to state law: Establishes by law the state's Election Fund for depositing payments and grants made to the state and funds appropriated by the state to carry out HAVA. The Election Fund shall be used for the exclusive purpose of carrying out activities of HAVA. · Requires and authorizes the Secretary of State to establish a state-based grievance procedure to handle complaints of violations under Title III of HAVA. · Requires additional information to be posted at the polling place on Election Day in accordance with HAVA. · Requires and authorizes the Secretary of State to adopt rules for the purpose of certifying and decertifying electronic voting systems and electronic counting machines to ensure compliance with federal standards and to establish guidelines for determining what constitutes a vote on each electronic voting system authorized to be procured and used in the state. · Eliminates all references to voting machines (lever machines) and punch card electronic voting systems and counting machines and punch card supplies. · Authorizes the use of direct recording electronic voting systems, more commonly referred to as DREs (including touch screen voting devices) that are intended to accommodate the disability requirements contained in Title III of HAVA. · Clarifies and expands the duties of the Secretary of State as they relate to the administration of elections and the implementation of changes necessary to comply with HAVA. · Authorizes the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative rules for implementing the provisions of Title 16.1 and any other requirement imposed upon the state by HAVA. · Changes the number of voting booths or compartments and electronic voting system devices required in each precinct. · Requires voters who cast ballots as a result of a polling place remaining open after normal voting hours by court order to cast provisional ballots in accordance with HAVA. Provisional ballots cast according to this provision must be segregated from other votes cast. · REQUIRED DESCRIPTIONS [Sec 254, H~4 V~4 2002] ao Voting System Standards Revised state law authorizes the use of voting systems within North Dakota that will comply with both second chance voting and disability access requirements, as required by HAVA. Each polling location in North Dakota will be equipped with a voting system comprised of an optical scanner capable of notifying the voter if corrections are necessary on his or her ballot (known as second-chance voting), and at least one direct recording electronic (DRE) voting system to allow Proposed North Dakota State H AVA Plan - l:'(~r t),hli(' Reviews' Page 5 o1'21