HB1296

[Margitjo@xxxxxxx]

Joe and anyone else planning to testify,
       Are you going to say anything about:
       1.  1-10.5-108 (2): that maybe there is no longer any need for "Unless otherwise directed by the secretary of state", and that keeping it in might make the bill too political.  (It looks like that gives the SoS the power to change the method of recount.  Why is this necessary?)
       2.  1-10.5-102: The inadvisability of the canvass board choosing "a precinct at random and  NO LESS THAN FIFTY PERMANENT PAPER RECORDS OF THE VOTES CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 1-7-118 on which to conduct a TEST machine count and hand count.  If the results of the machine count and the hand count are identical, then the recount MAY be conducted BY A MACHINE COUNT OF THE PERMANENT PAPER RECORDS." ?

Thanks.
Margit