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Bill would require county recorders to transmit cast-vote records to Secretary of State; members clarify content is numeric, not voter-identifying
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Senate Bill 12-80 would require county recorders to transmit cast‑vote records (CVRs) to the Secretary of State within 48 hours of county canvass transmittal and designate CVRs as public records. Members emphasized CVRs do not identify how individual voters cast ballots.
Senate Bill 12-80 would require county recorders to transmit the cast‑vote record (CVR) to the Secretary of State within 48 hours of the board of supervisors’ transmittal of the county canvas and would designate the CVR as a public record.
Committee staff explained the bill’s transmission timeline and public‑record designation. One member emphasized that the CVR is a numerical output from tabulation machines and does not reveal how a specific registered voter cast a ballot. "The cast vote record does not transmit who and how they voted," the member said during caucus, noting the CVR provides counts already captured by machines and that the bill would make that numeric output a public record.
Members asked procedural questions about implementation; staff or the sponsor were offered as points of contact for technical details. No formal vote or floor action was recorded during the caucus excerpt.
The measure would alter reporting procedures and transparency rules for election administrators if enacted; members urged colleagues to consult the bill text for precise definitions of "cast vote record" and transmission procedures before floor action.
