SB1038

THE CONTEXT: A person may not perform the duties or exercise the authority of an election officer or the clerk of a county board of supervisors (BOS) or a county recorder in performance of election duties on behalf of any county, except for persons who are certified and holders of an election officer's certificate issued by the SOS. The SOS must examine applicants for election officer certificates, and may not issue a certificate to a person who has not demonstrated competency to the satisfaction of the SOS ( A.

WHAT THE BILL DID: authorized by law. A county recorder, the SOS and other elections officers, on a request for an authorized use and within 30 days from receipt of the request, must prepare additional copies of an official precinct list and furnish them to any person requesting them on payment of a statutory fee based on the number of voter registration forms provided ( A.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to give the people who rely on the rule clearer information and a defined reporting process. It would require a county BOS or an officer in charge of elections to transmit the cast vote record to the SOS in a sortable format within 48 hours after the county BOS transmits the county canvass to the SOS, and would also require the transmitted cast vote record to be unaltered, except for precincts, precinct splits and ballot styles that contain fewer than 25 registered voters, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.