SB 1293 Pennsylvania Senate · 2023-2024 Regular Session

An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in electronic voting systems, further providing for definitions and for supplies and preparation of the voting system and of polling places and providing for pre-election logic and accuracy testing; and, in penalties, providing for falsification of election-related documentation regarding pre-election logic and accuracy testing.

This bill updates Pennsylvania election laws to clarify definitions, improve the preparation of electronic voting systems, and establish stricter pre-election testing procedures. It requires county election boards to have emergency paper ballots ready for every district and mandates that representatives from political parties and election watchdog groups be allowed to observe the setup and testing of voting machines. The legislation also introduces a new requirement for logic and accuracy testing, which involves running specific patterns on machines to verify they count votes correctly before an election takes place. Finally, the bill increases penalties for anyone who falsifies documents related to this pre-election testing process.
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Introduced Jul 17, 2024 Last action Jul 17, 2024
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