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Committee hears bill to narrow post‑election audit options to hand counts or risk‑limiting audits
Summary
A House committee heard testimony on House Bill 1030, which would limit counties to two audit options — limited hand counts of randomly selected precincts or batches, and risk‑limiting audits — and add a statewide auditing role for the Secretary of State for statewide contests.
House Bill 1030 would narrow the roster of audit methods counties may choose after an election and add a statewide audit option for contests that file with the Secretary of State.
Desiree Omley, staff to the committee, told members that under current law counties must audit duplicated ballots and perform one of four authorized methods before certification. "House Bill 1030 reduces the list of audit methods a county may choose from to only 2 methods, limited hand counts of randomly selected precincts or batches, and the second is a risk limiting audit," Omley said in the staff briefing.
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