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Senate committee adopts amendments to post-election audit bill after debate over observer rules and clerk workload
Summary
House Bill 85, which formalizes post-election audit procedures and observer rules, advanced from the Committee of the Whole with amendments specifying oath requirements, limiting observers to prevent disruption, and clarifying who qualifies as a differing political affiliation; senators debated constitutional privacy and county clerk capacity.
House Bill 85, which codifies procedures for post-election audits, advanced from the Committee of the Whole on Wednesday with amendments intended to balance public observation and ballot privacy.
Sponsors said the bill would require minutes for post-election ballot audits, require county clerks to notify party chairmen and candidates of audit times and places, and allow observers from different political affiliations to witness audits. The standing committee amendment gave clerks discretion to limit attendance when space…
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