Action | Incorporate statutory requirements into regulation on when a ballot is cast |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 6/21/2013 |
D. If any voter's ballot was
Not so cast by or at the direction
of the voter, then the ballot cannot be cast by any officer of
election or other person present.
Notwithstanding the
previous sentence, if a voter inserts a ballot into an optical
scanner and departs prior to the ballot being
returned by the
scanner due to an overvote, the officer of election may cast
the ballot for the absent voter.
therefore---
If a voter walks away ( without casting the vote) on a DRE machine the ballot is not cast. (because you can not prove the “officer” did not change the vote)
What keeps an officer from making another mark on the paper ballot?
In other words it can’t be proven the vote was not changed.
It does look like the 2 vote problems ( DRE vs Optical Scan ) are treated differently.
Both deal with a ballot cast without knowledge of said voter.
Has the procedure for the “ DRE voter who walks away without casting a vote”
changed ??