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Subcommittee approves bill to require precinct-level provisional ballot reporting with privacy aggregation option
Summary
Senate Bill 1044, which would require registrars to report provisional ballot results by precinct to the Department of Elections (with a provision allowing aggregation to protect ballot secrecy), was reported as amended after discussion and a proposed amendment directing aggregation to avoid revealing individual votes.
Senate Bill 1044, introduced by Senator Rowland, would require general registrars to report provisional ballot results by precinct to the Department of Elections within up to 10 days after election day. The subcommittee approved the bill with an amendment intended to protect voter secrecy by allowing aggregation of precincts when reporting would risk identifying individual ballots; the final subcommittee tally was reported as 6 yes, 1 no, 1 abstention.
Rowland said the bill’s goal is to provide precinct-level data on provisional ballots so policymakers and redistricting officials…
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