This bill updates South Dakota's voting equipment rules to clearly define "cast vote records" (electronic records of how each vote was tabulated) and "ballot images" (digital copies of paper ballots), and permits these records and images to be released from automatic tabulating machines. The changes allow election officials to access and share this technical data from voting equipment, which was previously unclear under state law. The bill declares this an emergency measure.
State Affairs Tabled Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0. S.J. 9
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15
State Affairs — Tabled