Ballot Box Integrity Bill
Digest: This bill will outlaw the use of voting machines and provide a procedure for insuring the integrity of the ballot box. State Senator Don Rogers submitted this bill to California’s Legislative Counsel to prepare it for introduction for a state’s action.
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Whereas, two of the most viable means for citizens of the United States of America to peacefully hold their public officials accountable is via the jury and ballot boxes, and
Whereas, evidence clearly shows that voting machines and mail in ballots are susceptible to being fraudulently used in order to thwart the will of the voters,
Be it resolved the Legislature of the State of __________ hereby directs that all future votes cast in this State shall be by paper ballot, that the ballots (votes) will be counted by the precinct supervisor of elections and his/her assistants, that the canvass (tally) sheet shall be filled out in triplicate and certified by the supervisor of elections and his/her assistants; one copy of which shall be posted on the wall of the place where the voting took place, one copy of which shall go to the County Clerk for use in determining the entire vote count in the County, and one copy of which shall go to the County Judge, and that upon the application of any group of 25 or more voters from that precinct, the ballots shall be made available to such group or their designated representative for recount in the presence of the precinct supervisor of election and
Be it further Resolved that the ballots, upon delivery to the County Clerk's office by the precinct supervisor of elections shall be recounted by an automatic counting machine and if there is any difference between the precinct canvass and that of the counting machine, the ballots shall be recounted by hand in the presence of the County Clerk or his/her representative and the precinct supervisor of elections delivering the ballots and
Be it further resolved that the total votes cast in each precinct for every individual/item on the ballot or which shall have been written in shall be published in the Counties most widely circulated newspaper in the first issue following the election.
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In addition to computerized vote fraud, steps must be taken to insure only authorized voters have access to ballots. This might require another bill.
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