HB 759

Did not advance

Election Law - Risk-Limiting Audits Workgroup

Sponsor: Anne R. Kaiser (District 14)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: ElectionsStatus: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to convene a Risk-Limiting Audits Workgroup to draft a plan to conduct a risk-limiting audit of certain contests after each statewide election and proposed legislation for consideration by the General Assembly to enact the plan; and requiring the Workgroup to submit the plan for risk-limiting audits and any legislative recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 17, 2021.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list

FAV 15FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Antoine, Joannelobbyist	Common Cause Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Antoine, Joannelobbyist	Common Cause Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Watkins, Ralph	LWV MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Watkins, Ralph	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	NAACP Maryland	Position only
FAV	Kline, Audrey	National Vote at Home Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson, Rebecca	SAVE our Votes: Secure, Accessible, Verifiable Elections for MD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tabuteau, Richardlobbyist	Tabuteau, LLC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lindeman, Mark	Verified Voting	Oral
FAV	Delegate Kaiser, Delegate Kaiserlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Kaiser, Delegate Kaiserlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Vora, Poorvi	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	garland, lynn	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kinnally, Kevin	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Lindeman, Mark	Verified Voting	Oral
INFO	Berry, Katherine	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Common Cause MarylandFAV 2

League of Women Voters of MarylandFAV 1

LWV MDFAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)UNF 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 2

NAACP MarylandFAV 1

National Vote at Home CoalitionFAV 1

SAVE our Votes: Secure, Accessible, Verifiable Elections for MDFAV 1

Tabuteau, LLCFAV 1

Verified VotingFAV 1FWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVAntoine, JoanneCommon Cause MarylandRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland

FAVTabuteau, RichardTabuteau, LLCRegistered for: Bolt Technology OÜ dba Hopp; Boyd Gaming Corporation; ChargePoint; Chevy Chase Village; Elev8 Baltimore, Inc.; Fortinet…