California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 7 - Secretary of State
Chapter 6.2 - Procedures and Standards for Reviewing Voting Systems, Parts of a Voting System, and Ballot Marking Devices for Certification or Conditional Approval
Section 20706 - Report of Findings and Hearing
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Upon completion of testing of the voting system and evaluation of the voting system Use Procedures, the Office of Voting Systems Technology Assessment of the Secretary of State's office shall, within 30 days, provide a staff report to the Secretary of State on the voting system, its Use Procedures, and the impacts or effects of the voting system on voting in California. The staff report shall identify whether the voting system and its Use Procedures materially affect the lawful conduct, accuracy, efficiency, privacy or security of elections, or materially affects the convenience to the voter of the elections process. The examination of the voting system is deemed complete upon submission of the staff report to the Secretary of State.
(b) The Office of Voting Systems Technology Assessment of the Secretary of State's office shall schedule a public hearing to receive testimony and information on the proposed voting systems and procedures as provided in Elections Code section 19211.
1. New section filed 12-10-2014; operative 4-1-2015 (Register 2014, No. 50).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 19100, 19101 and 19242, Elections Code. Reference: Sections 19100 and 19211, Elections Code.