Elec. Code, § 19271 · Article 6. Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems
Elec. Code, § 19271
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
As used in this article:
(a) “Accessible” means that the information provided on the paper cast vote record from the voter verified paper audit trail mechanism is provided or conveyed to voters via both a visual and a nonvisual method, such as through an audio component.
(b) “Direct recording electronic voting system” means a voting system that records a vote electronically and does not require or permit the voter to record his or her vote directly onto a tangible ballot.
(c) “Voter verified paper audit trail” means a paper cast vote record containing a copy of each of the voter’s selections that allows each voter to confirm his or her selections before the voter casts his or her ballot for systems that do not contain a paper ballot.
(d) “Paper cast vote record” means an auditable document that corresponds to the selection made on the voter’s ballot and lists the contests on the ballot and the voter’s selections for those contests. A paper cast vote record is not a ballot.
(e) “Parallel monitoring” means the testing of a randomly selected sampling of voting equipment on election day designed to simulate actual election conditions to confirm that the system is registering votes accurately.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 75, Sec. 5. (AB 2252) Effective January 1, 2017.
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