This amendment adds a requirement that Wyoming counties use paper ballots and pens as the default method for marking ballots in all elections, with a limited exception for electronic ballot marking devices for voters with disabilities.
- Deletes the previous Yin committee amendment (HB0052HW001/A) entirely and replaces it with new provisions. (Page 1, lines 1-2)
- Updates the bill's purpose statement to include a requirement that counties use pen and paper as the default method to mark ballots, with an exception for accessibility devices. (Page 1, lines 3-8)
- Creates new statute W.S. 22-13-119 requiring all counties to provide paper ballots and pens as the default voting method for all in-person voting. Permits county clerks to provide electronic ballot marking devices only for voters with disabilities, which must comply with federal accessibility requirements. Defines 'disability' and 'electronic ballot marking device' for purposes of this section. (Page 1, lines 10-42)
- Adds W.S. 22-10-102, 22-11-102, 22-21-109, and 22-22-203(b) to the list of statutes being amended to make them subject to the new paper ballot requirement. (Page 2, lines 1-7)
- Creates amended versions of W.S. 22-10-102, 22-11-102, 22-21-109, and 22-22-203(b) that make voting machine and electronic voting system provisions subject to the limitations of the new W.S. 22-13-119 paper ballot requirement. (Page 4, lines 9-24 and Page 15, lines 26-46)
- Adjusts section numbering from the original bill to account for the new section created by this amendment, renumbering subsequent sections from Section 1-4 to Section 2-5. (Page 1, line 13; Page 15, lines 4, 6, 8)
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