Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires periodic reporting of election results on the night of primaries and general elections until final tally is announced.

Highlights:

• Requires that on the day of each primary and general election the district boards of election at each polling place create and publicly display a notice containing an unofficial count of the cumulative number of voters who have voted at each election district and the number of voters who have voted at the election district using a voting machine or voting equipment, with the final unofficial count to be posted after closing the polls (Sec. 1).

• Requires that by 11:59 pm on the day of each primary and general election, and by 9 pm of every day afterwards until all eligible ballots have been counted and certified, each county clerk in consultation with the county board of elections, list in an accessible location on the county clerk's website an unofficial report detailing the following (Sec. 1):

• The number and types of ballots received, counted, and remain to be counted;

• The number of mail-in ballots yet to be received by the county board of elections or remain outstanding.

• Requires that the reports required by this subsection include a date and time stamp and detail at the election, district, ward, municipal, and county levels, the unofficial election results using the following categories (Sec. 1):

• For the in-person voting period, the number of early voting machines or voting equipment deployed and to be closed at the conclusion of early voting each day;

• The total number of votes cast during the early voting period;

• The number of provisional ballots cast during the early voting period and the number of provisional ballots counted;

• Requires that each county clerk, in consultation with the county board of elections, send to the Secretary of State the reports created and posted at the time of each posting (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the Secretary of State provides an easily accessible location on the website of the Division of Elections for the county by county and Statewide totals for each category included in the reports, including a date and time stamp of the posting (Sec. 1).

• Requires that each county clerk and the Division of Elections note on their websites that the reports and postings are unofficial and subject to change as each clerk and board of elections receives and processes ballots that have been cast (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the county clerks and board of elections, share uniform guidelines for the county clerks to follow in creating the reports and postings (Sec. 1).

• Requires that if the reporting required in this subsection would cause a voter’s privacy to be violated, the election results be reported in a manner that maintains privacy of the vote (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the election results posted to the respective websites contain a disclosure stating that the results reported for some districts reflect measures to protect the privacy of the vote, while the general tally accurately reflects the results (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires periodic reporting of election results on the night of primaries and general elections until final tally is announced.

Highlights:

• Requires that on the day of each primary and general election the district boards of election at each polling place create and publicly display a notice containing an unofficial count of the cumulative number of voters who have voted at each election district and the number of voters who have voted at the election district using a voting machine or voting equipment, with the final unofficial count to be posted after closing the polls (Sec. 1).

• Requires that by 11:59 pm on the day of each primary and general election, and by 9 pm of every day afterwards until all eligible ballots have been counted and certified, each county clerk in consultation with the county board of elections, list in an accessible location on the county clerk's website an unofficial report detailing the following (Sec. 1):

• The number and types of ballots received, counted, and remain to be counted;

• The number of mail-in ballots yet to be received by the county board of elections or remain outstanding.

• Requires that the reports required by this subsection include a date and time stamp and detail at the election, district, ward, municipal, and county levels, the unofficial election results using the following categories (Sec. 1):

• For the in-person voting period, the number of early voting machines or voting equipment deployed and to be closed at the conclusion of early voting each day;

• The total number of votes cast during the early voting period;

• The number of provisional ballots cast during the early voting period and the number of provisional ballots counted;

• Requires that each county clerk, in consultation with the county board of elections, send to the Secretary of State the reports created and posted at the time of each posting (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the Secretary of State provides an easily accessible location on the website of the Division of Elections for the county by county and Statewide totals for each category included in the reports, including a date and time stamp of the posting (Sec. 1).

• Requires that each county clerk and the Division of Elections note on their websites that the reports and postings are unofficial and subject to change as each clerk and board of elections receives and processes ballots that have been cast (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the county clerks and board of elections, share uniform guidelines for the county clerks to follow in creating the reports and postings (Sec. 1).

• Requires that if the reporting required in this subsection would cause a voter’s privacy to be violated, the election results be reported in a manner that maintains privacy of the vote (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the election results posted to the respective websites contain a disclosure stating that the results reported for some districts reflect measures to protect the privacy of the vote, while the general tally accurately reflects the results (Sec. 1).

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