HB1256 - Tennessee - Election Laws

Companion Bill SB1363. Election Laws - Enacts the "Tennessee Voter Confidence Act"; requires that any voting system purchased after January 1, 2009, be a precinct-based optical scanner voting system with appropriate accommodation for persons with disabilities; requires hand count audits of 3 percent of early ballots and 3 percent of the precincts; adds various additional requirements for electronic voting machines. - Amends TCA Title 2. Fiscal Summary for HB1256 / *SB1363(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - $9,535,000/One-Time Bill Summary for HB1256 / *SB1363 ON MAY 13, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1256, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 rewrites this bill. This amendment revises existing present law provisions regarding elections and establishes new requirements, as follow: (1) This amendment requires [...]

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