relative to election audits.

This bill mandates that the Secretary of State conduct random audits of ballot-counting machines after primary and general elections to verify their accuracy. The process involves selecting at least eight machines from various locations, keeping their identities secret until election day, and comparing the digital results against a physical sample of paper ballots. An audit team, including trained staff and elected officials, must oversee the open comparison, with results reported to the public and legislative leaders within a week of the election. Additionally, the law clarifies that no one, including auditors, may mark ballots except in specific, authorized circumstances, and it requires the Secretary of State to publish all recount and audit procedures in advance.