SB1057

THE CONTEXT: Current statute outlines that general election ballots must be printed with black ink on white paper of sufficient thickness to prevent printing from being discernable from the back. The same type must be used for the names of all candidates ( A.

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would require any vendor that provides fraud countermeasures that are contained in and on the paper used for ballots to be ISO 27001 certified, ISO 17025 certified or ISO 9001:2015 certified and require ballot fraud countermeasures to include the use of at least three of the following: a; unique, controlled-supply watermarked clearing bank specification 1 security paper; b; secure holographic foil that acts as a visual deterrent and anti-copy feature; c; a branded overprint of any hologram that personalizes the hologram with customer logo; d; custom complex security background designs with banknote-level security; e; secure variable digital infill; f; thermochromic, tri-thermochromic, photochromic or optically variable inks; g; stealth numbering in ultraviolet, infrared or taggant inks; h; multicolored micro-numismatic invisible ultraviolet designs; i; unique forensic fraud detection technology that is built into security inks; or j; a unique bar code or QR code that is accessible only to the voter and that tracks the voter's ballot as it is processed; k; l; m.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to turn the Legislature's standard for fraud countermeasures into an enforceable rule. It would require any vendor that provides fraud countermeasures that are contained in and on the paper used for ballots to be ISO 27001 certified, ISO 17025 certified or ISO 9001:2015 certified, and would also require ballot fraud countermeasures to include the use of at least three of the following: a. unique, controlled-supply watermarked clearing bank specification 1 security paper; b. secure holographic foil that acts as a visual deterrent and anti-copy feature; c. a branded overprint of any hologram that personalizes the hologram with customer logo; d. custom complex security background designs with banknote-level security; e. secure variable digital infill; f. thermochromic, tri-thermochromic, photochromic or optically variable inks; g. stealth numbering in ultraviolet, infrared or taggant inks; h. multicolored micro-numismatic invisible ultraviolet designs; i. unique forensic fraud detection technology that is built into security inks; or j. a unique bar code or QR code that is accessible only to the voter and that tracks the voter's ballot as it is processed. k. l. m, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.