These efforts have to be seen in the context of changing the law as far as digital adjudication law was rushed into law at the beginning of 2020. By using electronic adjudication machines, the error on a ballot could be singled out. With the new provisions that Ducey signed into law, Maricopa County can now skip duplicating the full ballot and instead input the voter’s choice on the question that caused the error – if it’s clear how the voter intended to vote.
Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday signed Senate Bill 1135, which allows county elections officials to use a process called “electronic adjudication” to identify ballots that can’t be read by standard vote-counting machines. The measure easily cleared the legislature, passing both the House of Representatives and Senate unanimously in late January.Because it contains an emergency clause, it goes into effect immediately. The legislation was needed so that Maricopa County can use its new electronic adjudication machines.
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