PROPOSED LAW MAY REVERT TENNESSEE TO PAPER BALLOTS FOR ELECTIONS

A Tennessee lawmaker is proposing legislation that would have the state revert to paper ballots for elections.

State Representative Bruce Griffey (R-Paris-D75) submitted HB1662 on Wednesday. Under the bill, voting machines and ballot marking devices would be banned starting with the 2022 elections.

County election commissions would instead be required to use only hand-marked paper ballots to be counted using an optical ballot scanner which uses software open to public inspection. In order to make it affordable, the state would absorb at least 50% of each county’s cost in acquiring the machines.

The bill would also allow poll watchers to take video of polling places and create security features used on the paper ballots such as watermarks, fluorescence, digital holograms, or other technology.



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