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H.R. 6246 (112th): Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act
- Introduced:
- Aug 01, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr. [D-GA4]
- Status:
- Died (Referred to Committee)
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- Full Title
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the deposit in the National Software Reference Library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology of a copy of any election-dedicated voting system technology used in the operation of a voting system for an election for Federal office, to establish the conditions under which the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology may disclose the technology and information regarding the technology to other persons, and for other purposes.
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Last updated Aug 01, 2012.
10 pages
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Library of Congress Summary
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8/1/2012--Introduced.
Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a voting system used in a federal election from containing or using any election-dedicated voting system technology which is not deposited by the state (or at the state's option by the vendor of the technology) with the National Software Reference Library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) before the election.
Requires the Director of NIST to:
(1) hold the technology in escrow; and
(2) disclose it and information about it to a qualified person who has entered into a nondisclosure agreement with respect to it, or to whom the Director is permitted or required to disclose the technology under state law.
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
United States Code
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- Title 42: THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
- Chapter 146: ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT
- Subchapter III: UNIFORM AND NONDISCRIMINATORY ELECTION TECHNOLOGY AND ADMINISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
- Part A: Requirements
- Section 15481: Voting systems standards