PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Senate State Affairs Committee killed a bill Wednesday that would have banned county auditors and finance officers from using vote tabulators or counting machines from tallying election results. Senator John Carley, the author of numerous election-related bills this session says Senate Bill 217 opens the door to more accurate and efficient elections…
Numerous state county election officers testified against the bill. Hughes County Finance Officer Thomas Oliva says the machines are valuable for a number of reasons…
The bill would have also ended the use voting machines utilized by disabled votes. District 24 Senator Jim Mehlhaff supported sending S-B 217 the 41st Legislative Day, effectively killing the bill…
Senate Bill 217 was killed on a five-four vote.
