BBV bills in the state legislature

This is the one that anyone seriously concerned about BBV should back. Key word is BALLOT, not 'trail.'

SB 6717/HB 2978 - DIGEST

Requires all voting systems in Washington state to produce a voter-verified paper ballot, to be read and verified by the voter at time of voting, without the use of an interface, except as may be needed for certain disabled individuals, and placed in a ballot box either by the voter or voting machine, to be used as the official ballot in recounts and election audits.
Requires each county in the state to conduct mandatory random manual audits of the voter-verified paper ballots, of five percent of all precincts in all counties, of all races, of all votes cast
on all ballots for that precinct, at the polling place. The audits must be random, chosen by lottery immediately after the polls close.
Declares that a manual audit of the voter-verified paper ballots is automatically required for anomalous results. The required audits are not part of the random five-percent audit requirement. Anomalous results are any of the following: (1) Insufficient randomness;
(2) Discrepant trends in analysis of results in each precinct;
(3) Results reported very late;
(4) Excess overvotes or undervotes;
(5) Vote totals that do not match the number registered as having voted;
(6) Problems with vote counting or vote tabulating systems;
(7) Discrepancies in vote totals reported from the polling place to a central counting system, or from a central counting system to the state counting system;
(8) Excessive discrepancy between the electronic vote count totals and the voter-verified paper ballot totals, regardless of whether the discrepancy would overturn the election.
Requires a report of the polling place tally of votes to be posted at the polling place before transmission of vote totals to the county or central counting, and before ballots are transported to a central counting location. All polling place totals must be reconciled with the totals received at the central counting location. Each counting location must reconcile totals with county or state counting records.

Sorry, Laura R, close, but no cigar. Trick word 'record,' not BALLOT, indicates that this is not the legal vote. Also, logic and accuracy tests are inadequate. Diebold GEMS software can cast negative votes, and I don't give a flying f*** whether it does this well--I don't want the software to do it AT ALL! Also see bolded text for the real sleaze--they reserve the option to throw the paper 'record' requirement out sometime in the future.

SB 6420 - DIGEST

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Provides that before each state primary or general election logic and accuracy testing of precinct-based systems or electronic voting devices must be performed by the county under the observation of the office of the secretary of state during the process of final preparation before system distribution to each pollsite.
Provides that, after all tests are performed and the machine is ready for distribution, the machine must be sealed and the seal number recorded. The procedure described in this act will serve as the official logic and accuracy test of these devices.
Directs the secretary of state to empanel a task force of elections and computer security experts to be known as the "Washington Voting Systems Board" to study and determine the potential for election fraud.
Provides that all poll-site based electronic voting devices shall produce an individual paper record, at the time of voting, that may be reviewed by the voter before finalizing his or her vote. This record may not be removed from the polling place and must be machine readable for counting purposes. If the device is programmed to display the ballot in multiple languages, the paper record produced must be printed in the language used by each voter.
Declares that paper records produced by poll-site based electronic voting devices are subject to all of the requirements of chapter 29A.44 RCW and chapter 29A.60 RCW for ballot handling, preservation, reconciliation, transit to the counting center, and storage. The paper records must be preserved in the same manner and for the same period of time as ballots.
Requires that ballot counting systems must be secured physically and electronically against unauthorized access.
Provides that anyone who removes a paper record produced by a poll-site based electronic voting system from a polling place without authorization is guilty of a class C felony punishable under RCW 9A.20.021.
Declares that nothing in this act prevents the state of Washington, its counties, or its voters from participating in the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE) as authorized by PL 107-107, Title 16, section 1604 and chapter 17, Laws of 2003 1st sp. sess. including system certification, voter registration, and voting.

HOUSE BILL REPORT
ESSB 6420

An alternative method to verify votes cast on a DRE may be certified by the Secretary if it has been approved by the Washington Voting Systems Board and if at least one regular legislative session has passed since the Board's approval. The alternative method must maintain privacy, while allowing a voter to verify that the votes were cast and recorded as intended. The alternative method must allow the voter an opportunity to repeat the voting process if the verification does not reflect his or her votes.