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Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act

Introduced: August 1, 2012 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov

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Aug 2, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.

Aug 1, 2012

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Aug 1, 2012

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5530-5531)

Aug 1, 2012

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now August 2, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.

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