ELECTIONS Elections and Primaries Generally: Require Permanent Paper Record of Votes Cast on Electronic Recording Voting Systems Recount and Audit Purposes; Require All Electronic Voting Systems to Produce a Permanent Paper Record of the Votes Recorded on These Systems for Each Voter; Provide that Voters Have an Opportunity to Verify this Record After Voting; Provide that These Paper Records Shall be Retained for Use in Recounts and Election Challenge Proceedings

Authors

Beverly Jones Sill

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

In 2004, the Georgia General Assembly failed to enact SB 500. This bill would have amended the Georgia Election Code by requiring that electronic voting machines create permanent paper records of ballots cast. Additionally, SB 500 would have allowed voters to verify these paper records after voting and retain the records for possible recounts. Although an emended version of the bill passed the Senate, it did not reach the floor of the House for debate. However, because the bill deals with a subject that is generating debate throughout the country--the security of electronic voting--SB 500 is worthy of examination.

Recommended Citation

Beverly J. Sill, ELECTIONS Elections and Primaries Generally: Require Permanent Paper Record of Votes Cast on Electronic Recording Voting Systems Recount and Audit Purposes; Require All Electronic Voting Systems to Produce a Permanent Paper Record of the Votes Recorded on These Systems for Each Voter; Provide that Voters Have an Opportunity to Verify this Record After Voting; Provide that These Paper Records Shall be Retained for Use in Recounts and Election Challenge Proceedings, 21 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2004).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol21/iss1/1