§ 19204.5

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 723, Sec. 9. (AB 44) Effective January 1, 2016.
(a)The Secretary of State shall not certify or conditionally approve a voting system that cannot facilitate the conduct of a ballot level comparison risk-limiting audit.
(b)(1) For purposes of this subdivision, a voting system that is “noncompliant” is a voting system that cannot facilitate the conduct of a ballot level comparison risk-limiting audit.
(2)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the Secretary of State may, until January 1, 2021, approve a proposed change or modification to a noncompliant voting system even if the voting system will remain noncompliant after the change or

modification. This paragraph shall become inoperative on January 1, 2021.

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